Where does “Venad” come from?

Venad (English) comes from Malayalam വേണാട്, from Malayalam നാട്, from Proto-Dravidian nāṭu — state, province, district, kingdom.

Venad (English): a medieval kingdom in southern Kerala

Definitions

  1. a medieval kingdom in southern Kerala

Ancestry of “Venad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamവേണാട്Venad, a medieval South Indian kingdom
2Malayalamനാട്state, country, nation, kingdom
3Proto-Dravidiannāṭustate, province, district, kingdom
Every word from Proto-Dravidian nāṭu →Every word from Malayalam നാട് →Every word from Malayalam വേണാട് →