Where does “নিকোবর” come from?

নিকোবর (Bengali) comes from English Nicobar, from Tamil நக்கவரம், from Tamil -அம், from Old Tamil -𑀅𑀫𑁆.

Ancestry of “নিকোবর”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNicobarOf or relating to the Nicobar Islands
2Tamilநக்கவரம்Nicobar; a place in India
3Tamil-அம்nominalizing suffix typically forms neuter nouns
4Old Tamil-𑀅𑀫𑁆—
Every word from Old Tamil -𑀅𑀫𑁆 →Every word from Tamil -அம் →Every word from Tamil நக்கவரம் →