Where does “പത്ത്” come from?

പത്ത് (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam നാല്, from Old Swedish nāl, from Old Norse nál, from Proto-Germanic nēþlō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

പത്ത് (Malayalam): ten (numeral: ൰)

Definitions

  1. ten (numeral: ൰)

Ancestry of “പത്ത്”, step by step

പത്ത് traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam നാല്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamനാല്four (numeral: ൪)
2Old Swedishnālneedle
3Old Norsenálneedle
4Proto-Germanicnēþlōneedle
5Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew

via Malayalam എട്ട്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഎട്ട്eight (numeral: ൮)
2Proto-Dravidian*eṇṭṭu—

via Malayalam മൂന്ന്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamമൂന്ന്three (numeral: ൩)
2Proto-Dravidian*mūnṯu—

Words derived from “പത്ത്”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →