Where does “ശിശ്നം” come from?

ശിശ്നം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit शिश्न, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćnatʰ-.

ശിശ്നം (Malayalam): penis

Definitions

  1. penis

Ancestry of “ശിശ്നം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritशिश्नphallus, penis
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćnatʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćnatʰ- →Every word from Sanskrit शिश्न →