Where does “മകം” come from?

മകം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit माघ, from Sanskrit मघा — name of a constellation.

മകം (Malayalam): Regulus, the tenth constellation

Definitions

  1. Regulus, the tenth constellation

Ancestry of “മകം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमाघrelating to the constellation मघा
2Sanskritमघाname of a constellation
Every word from Sanskrit मघा →Every word from Sanskrit माघ →