Where does “അപ്പം” come from?

അപ്പം (Malayalam) comes from Proto-Dravidian *appam — rice cake.

അപ്പം (Malayalam): bread, bun, chapatti

Definitions

  1. bread, bun, chapatti

Ancestry of “അപ്പം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidian*appamrice cake
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *appam
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