Where does “മയൂഖം” come from?

മയൂഖം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit मयूख, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mayū́kʰas — peg, nail.

മയൂഖം (Malayalam): ray

Definitions

  1. ray

Ancestry of “മയൂഖം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमयूखa kind of peg; a ray of light, flame, brightness
2Proto-Indo-Iranianmayū́kʰaspeg, nail
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