Where does “मेरि” come from?

मेरि (Duruwa) comes from Proto-Dravidian *maran — tree.

मेरि (Duruwa): tree

Definitions

  1. tree

Ancestry of “मेरि”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidian*marantree
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *maran