Where does “ഭിക്ഷ” come from?

ഭിക്ഷ (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit भिक्षा, from Sanskrit -आ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

ഭിക്ഷ (Malayalam): beggary

Definitions

  1. beggary

Ancestry of “ഭിക്ഷ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritभिक्षाalms, begging; wages; service
2Sanskrit-आfeminine suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Sanskrit -आ →Every word from Sanskrit भिक्षा →