Where does “വയസ്സ്” come from?

വയസ്സ് (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit वयस्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas.

വയസ്സ് (Malayalam): age

Definitions

  1. age

Ancestry of “വയസ്സ്”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवयस्age
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*wáyHas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas →Every word from Sanskrit वयस् →