Where does “விட்டம்” come from?

விட்டம் (Tamil) comes from Sanskrit विष्ट, from Sanskrit -त, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -tás, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

விட்டம் (Tamil): crossbeam

Definitions

  1. crossbeam

Ancestry of “விட்டம்”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritविष्टentered into with the accusative or locative of the object
2Sanskrit-त-ed
3Proto-Indo-Iranian-tásCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Sanskrit -त →Every word from Sanskrit विष्ट →