Where does “അടയ്ക്ക” come from?

അടയ്ക്ക (Malayalam) comes from Proto-Dravidian aṭaykkāy — areca nut; betel nut.

അടയ്ക്ക (Malayalam): betel nut

Definitions

  1. betel nut

Ancestry of “അടയ്ക്ക”, step by step

അടയ്ക്ക traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Dravidian aṭaykkāy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidianaṭaykkāyareca nut; betel nut

via Proto-Dravidian aṭ-ay-kkāy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidianaṭ-ay-kkāyareca nut

Words derived from “അടയ്ക്ക

Every word from Proto-Dravidian aṭaykkāy