Where does “വീണ” come from?

വീണ (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit वीणा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan wī́nā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wī́nā — a lute.

വീണ (Malayalam): veena, a musical instrument of India

Definitions

  1. veena, a musical instrument of India

Ancestry of “വീണ”, step by step

വീണ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit वीणा

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवीणाthe Indian lute; a particular configuration of...
2Proto-Indo-Aryanwī́nā—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianwī́nāa lute

via Malayalam വീഴുക

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamവീഴുകto fall
2Proto-Dravidian*wīẓ-to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wī́nā →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan wī́nā →Every word from Sanskrit वीणा →