Where does “Kalmunai” come from?

Kalmunai (English) comes from Tamil கல்முனை, from Tamil முனை, from Tamil முன், from Tamil நாள், from Old Tamil 𑀦𑀸𑀴𑁆, from Proto-Dravidian *nāḷ.

Kalmunai (English): Kalmunai, a city in Sri Lanka

Definitions

  1. Kalmunai, a city in Sri Lanka

Ancestry of “Kalmunai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilகல்முனை—
2Tamilமுனைpoint, sharpened end, edge, tip; tenon
3Tamilமுன்anteriority
4Tamilநாள்day
5Old Tamil𑀦𑀸𑀴𑁆day
6Proto-Dravidian*nāḷ—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *nāḷ →Every word from Old Tamil 𑀦𑀸𑀴𑁆 →Every word from Tamil நாள் →