Where does “സിലോൺ” come from?
സിലോൺ (Malayalam) comes from English Ceylon, from Portuguese Ceilão, from Old French Seilan, from Persian سیلان, from Pali sīhaḷa, from Sanskrit सिंहल, from Sanskrit सिंह, from Proto-Indo-Aryan sinźʰás.
Ancestry of “സിലോൺ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ceylon | Short for Ceylon tea |
| 2 | Portuguese | Ceilão | Ceylon |
| 3 | Old French | Seilan | — |
| 4 | Persian | سیلان | flow; flux |
| 5 | Pali | sīhaḷa | Sinhalese |
| 6 | Sanskrit | सिंहल | the island of Sri Lanka; name of a man; Sri... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | सिंह | the lion; the zodiacal sign Leo or its lagna;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | sinźʰás | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | sinȷ́ʰás | lion |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *sinǵʰós- | — |