Where does “-ഈയ” come from?

-ഈയ (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit -ईय, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-iHyas.

-ഈയ (Malayalam): relating to, forms adjectives from nouns

Definitions

  1. relating to, forms adjectives from nouns

Ancestry of “-ഈയ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskrit-ईयrelated to
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*-iHyas—

Words derived from “-ഈയ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-iHyas →Every word from Sanskrit -ईय →