Where does “ഭിന്നസംഖ്യ” come from?

ഭിന്നസംഖ്യ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam ഭിന്ന, from Sanskrit भिन्न, from Proto-Indo-European bʰidnós, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

ഭിന്നസംഖ്യ (Malayalam): Fraction

Definitions

  1. Fraction

Ancestry of “ഭിന്നസംഖ്യ”, step by step

ഭിന്നസംഖ്യ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam ഭിന്ന

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഭിന്നdifferent
2Sanskritभिन्नbroken, split, shattered; destroyed
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰidnóssplit, cloven
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

via Malayalam സംഖ്യ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamസംഖ്യnumber
2Sanskritसङ्ख्या—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰidnós →