Where does “സന്ധ്യ” come from?

സന്ധ്യ (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit संध्या, from Sanskrit संधि, from Sanskrit संधा, from Sanskrit सम्, from Sanskrit आस, from Proto-Indo-European sewh₁- — to press, push.

സന്ധ്യ (Malayalam): twilight

Definitions

  1. twilight

Ancestry of “സന്ധ്യ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritसंध्याthe act of holding together; a union, junction
2Sanskritसंधिcontaining a conjunction or transition from one...
3Sanskritसंधाto join, bring together, unite, combine, put together, compound, mix
4Sanskritसम्to be agitated or disturbed
5Sanskritआसto have been
6Proto-Indo-Europeansewh₁-to press, push
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sewh₁-Every word from Sanskrit आसEvery word from Sanskrit सम्