Words that come from Proto-Dravidian “*maran”

74 words across 24 languages descend from Proto-Dravidian *maran — including cat, cats, Mara, catamaran, catnip, tomcat, mara, catmint.

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English (21)

Tamil (10)

Telugu (8)

Finnish (5)

Malayalam (5)

Spanish (4)

Portuguese (2)

Catalan (2)

Romanian (2)

French (1)

Italian (1)

Turkish (1)

Proto-Dravidian (1)

Norman (1)

Old Kannada (1)

Old Tamil (1)

Dutch (1)

Welsh (1)

Kurux (1)

Duruwa (1)

Kuvi (1)

Kolami (1)

Southeastern Kolami (1)

Sinhalese (1)