Where does “വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം” come from?
വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam അഭ്യാസം, from Sanskrit अभ्यास, from Sanskrit अभ्यस्, from Sanskrit अस्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *has-.
വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം (Malayalam): education
Ancestry of “വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം”, step by step
വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malayalam അഭ്യാസം
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malayalam | അഭ്യാസം | exercise |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अभ्यास | habit; practice, habit |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अभ्यस् | to be over, reign over, excel, surpass, overpower |
| 4 | Sanskrit | अस् | to be; to throw |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *has- | — |
via Malayalam വിദ്യ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malayalam | വിദ്യ | knowledge |
| 2 | Sanskrit | विद्या | knowledge, wisdom; science, philosophy; an... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | शास्त्र | shastra, scripture; science, knowledge |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śāstra | — |