Where does “ശ്വാസകോശം” come from?

ശ്വാസകോശം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam കോശം, from Sanskrit कोश, from Sanskrit कुश्यति — to embrace, enfold.

ശ്വാസകോശം (Malayalam): lung

Definitions

  1. lung

Ancestry of “ശ്വാസകോശം”, step by step

ശ്വാസകോശം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam കോശം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകോശംcell of living organism
2Sanskritकोशcask, vessel for holding liquids, cloud; pail,...
3Sanskritकुश्यतिto embrace, enfold

via Malayalam ശ്വാസ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamശ്വാസ
Every word from Sanskrit कुश्यतिEvery word from Sanskrit कोशEvery word from Malayalam കോശം