Where does “പുണ്യനദി” come from?

പുണ്യനദി (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam നദി, from Sanskrit नदी, from Proto-Indo-Iranian nadíH, from Proto-Indo-European ned-íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European ned- — to be wet; wet; to tie together.

പുണ്യനദി (Malayalam): holy river

Definitions

  1. holy river

Ancestry of “പുണ്യനദി”, step by step

പുണ്യനദി traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam നദി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamനദിa river
2Sanskritनदीflowing water; river; name of 2 kinds of metre
3Proto-Indo-IraniannadíHriver
4Proto-Indo-Europeanned-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanned-to be wet; wet; to tie together

via Malayalam പുണ്യ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപുണ്യholy
2Sanskritपुण्यthe good or right, virtue, purity, good work,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ned- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ned-íh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian nadíH →
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