Where does “പാവം” come from?

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

പാവം (Malayalam): harmless

Definitions

  1. harmless

Ancestry of “പാവം”, 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 →