Etymograph

English

amshom

Amshom comes from Malayalam അംശം ‘part’, and perhaps goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- ‘to reach, to attain’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂neḱ-1‘to reach, to attain’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ónḱos1uncertain
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*Hánćas1‘share, part, portion’reconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEअंश2aṃśa‘a part’
  5. Malayalammodernഅംശം2aṁśaṁ‘part’
  6. Englishtodayamshom2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Sanskrit अंश
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English amshom

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂neḱ-Wiktionary, Sanskrit अंश‘to reach, to attain’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ónḱosWiktionary, Sanskrit अंशuncertain
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*HánćasWiktionary, Sanskrit अंश‘share, part, portion’reconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEअंशWiktionary, English amshomaṃśa‘a part’
  5. MalayalammodernഅംശംWiktionary, English amshomaṁśaṁ‘part’
  6. EnglishtodayamshomWiktionary, English amshom

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- ‘to reach, to attain’

next, near, neighbour, nigh, 5 more

Today it means

noun Part of a taluk; a subdistrict.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “amshom”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Sanskrit अंश. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- / amshom

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