Where does “പോതം” come from?

പോതം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit पोत, from Proto-Indo-European *péwH-tōr ~ *puH-tr-és, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

പോതം (Malayalam): a young animal

Definitions

  1. a young animal

Ancestry of “പോതം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SanskritपोतThe young of any animal; a cub, colt, etc; An...
2Proto-Indo-European*péwH-tōr ~ *puH-tr-és—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *péwH-tōr ~ *puH-tr-és →Every word from Sanskrit पोत →