Where does “ತಾಳ್ಮೆ” come from?

ತಾಳ್ಮೆ (Kannada) comes from Kannada -ಮೆ, from Proto-Dravidian *-may — abstract noun formative.

ತಾಳ್ಮೆ (Kannada): patience, endurance

Definitions

  1. patience, endurance

Ancestry of “ತಾಳ್ಮೆ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kannada-ಮೆness, -ity (added to nouns, adjectives or verbs to produce abstract nouns)
2Proto-Dravidian*-mayabstract noun formative
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *-may →Every word from Kannada -ಮೆ →