Where does “അരിവാൾ” come from?

അരിവാൾ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam അരി, from Sanskrit अरि — enemy.

അരിവാൾ (Malayalam): sickle

Definitions

  1. sickle

Ancestry of “അരിവാൾ”, step by step

അരിവാൾ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam അരി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഅരിuncooked rice
2Sanskritअरिenemy

via Malayalam വാൾ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamവാൾsword
2Proto-Dravidian*wāḷstrong
Every word from Sanskrit अरि →Every word from Malayalam അരി →