Where does “Nicobar” come from?

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

Nicobar (English): Of or relating to the Nicobar Islands

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the Nicobar Islands

Ancestry of “Nicobar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilநக்கவரம்Nicobar; a place in India
2Tamil-அம்nominalizing suffix typically forms neuter nouns
3Old Tamil-𑀅𑀫𑁆—

Words derived from “Nicobar”

Every word from Old Tamil -𑀅𑀫𑁆 →Every word from Tamil -அம் →Every word from Tamil நக்கவரம் →
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