Where does “മുത്തശ്ശി” come from?

മുത്തശ്ശി (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam അച്ചി, from Prakrit 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚, from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀚, from Sanskrit अद्य, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hadyá — today.

മുത്തശ്ശി (Malayalam): grandmother

Definitions

  1. grandmother

Ancestry of “മുത്തശ്ശി”, step by step

മുത്തശ്ശി traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam അച്ചി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഅച്ചിwoman, female
2Prakrit𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚today
3Ashokan Prakrit𑀅𑀚today, now
4Sanskritअद्यtoday; nowadays; now
5Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hadyátoday

via Malayalam മൂത്ത

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamമൂത്തelder
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hadyá →Every word from Sanskrit अद्य →Every word from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀚 →