Where does “ஆயிரம்” come from?
ஆயிரம் (Tamil) comes from Sanskrit सहस्र, from Proto-Indo-Iranian saȷ́ʰásram, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-ǵʰéslom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéslom, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
ஆயிரம் (Tamil): thousand
Ancestry of “ஆயிரம்”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | सहस्र | a thousand; a thousand cows or gifts; any very... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | saȷ́ʰásram | one thousand |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥-ǵʰéslom | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰéslom | thousand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |