Where does “സ്ലോത്ത്” come from?

സ്ലോത്ത് (Malayalam) comes from English sloth, from Middle English slouthe, from Old English slǣwþ, from Proto-Germanic slaiwiþō — slowness, lateness.

സ്ലോത്ത് (Malayalam): sloth (mammal)

Definitions

  1. sloth (mammal)

Ancestry of “സ്ലോത്ത്”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishslothLaziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination...
2Middle Englishslouthesloth
3Old Englishslǣwþsloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor
4Proto-Germanicslaiwiþōslowness, lateness
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