Where does “അരകല്ല്” come from?

അരകല്ല് (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam കല്ല്, from Proto-Dravidian *kaḷ.

അരകല്ല് (Malayalam): millstone

Definitions

  1. millstone

Ancestry of “അരകല്ല്”, step by step

അരകല്ല് traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam കല്ല്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകല്ല്stone, rock
2Proto-Dravidian*kaḷ—

via Malayalam അര

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഅരhalf, ½ (൴ (archaic))
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