Where does “മുഖം” come from?

മുഖം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit मुख, from Proto-Indo-Iranian múkʰam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian múkHam.

മുഖം (Malayalam): face; mouth; direction, view

Definitions

  1. face; mouth; direction, view

Ancestry of “മുഖം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमुखmouth; face; visage
2Proto-Indo-Iranianmúkʰam—
3Proto-Indo-IranianmúkHam—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian múkHam →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian múkʰam →Every word from Sanskrit मुख →