Where does “-ಮೆ” come from?

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

-ಮೆ (Kannada): ness, -ity (added to nouns, adjectives or verbs to produce abstract nouns)

Definitions

  1. ness, -ity (added to nouns, adjectives or verbs to produce abstract nouns)

Ancestry of “-ಮೆ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidian*-mayabstract noun formative

Words derived from “-ಮೆ”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *-may →