Where does “മൂന്നാം” come from?

മൂന്നാം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam മൂന്ന്, from Proto-Dravidian *mūnṯu.

മൂന്നാം (Malayalam): third, 3rd

Definitions

  1. third, 3rd

Ancestry of “മൂന്നാം”, step by step

മൂന്നാം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam മൂന്ന്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamമൂന്ന്three (numeral: ൩)
2Proto-Dravidian*mūnṯu—

via Malayalam ആം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamആം—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *mūnṯu →Every word from Malayalam മൂന്ന് →