Where does “പാപം” come from?

പാപം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit पाप, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pāpás — bad.

പാപം (Malayalam): sin

Definitions

  1. sin

Ancestry of “പാപം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपापbad, vicious, wicked, evil, wretched, vile, low;...
2Proto-Indo-Iranianpāpásbad
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pāpás →Every word from Sanskrit पाप →