Where does “മുഖ്യം” come from?

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

മുഖ്യം (Malayalam): chief

Definitions

  1. chief

Ancestry of “മുഖ്യം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमुख्यchief; being at the head or at the beginning,...
2Sanskritमुखmouth; face; visage
3Proto-Indo-Iranianmúkʰam—
4Proto-Indo-IranianmúkHam—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian múkHam →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian múkʰam →Every word from Sanskrit मुख →