Where does “സ്വാദ്” come from?

സ്വാദ് (Malayalam) comes from Hindi स्वाद, from Sanskrit स्वाद, from Proto-Indo-Iranian swaHdás, from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂d- — sweet.

സ്വാദ് (Malayalam): taste

Definitions

  1. taste

Ancestry of “സ്വാദ്”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiस्वादtaste; pleasure, delight
2Sanskritस्वादtaste, flavour
3Proto-Indo-IranianswaHdás—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansweh₂d-sweet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian swaHdás →Every word from Sanskrit स्वाद →