Where does “അറിവില്ലായ്മ” come from?

അറിവില്ലായ്മ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam ഇല്ലായ്മ, from Malayalam -മ, from Old Tamil -𑀫𑁃, from Proto-Dravidian *-may — abstract noun formative.

അറിവില്ലായ്മ (Malayalam): unknowingness; knowledgelessness

Definitions

  1. unknowingness; knowledgelessness

Ancestry of “അറിവില്ലായ്മ”, step by step

അറിവില്ലായ്മ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam ഇല്ലായ്മ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഇല്ലായ്മfamine, starvation
2Malayalam-മadded to nouns or verbs to produce nouns expressing an abstract quality or condition
3Old Tamil-𑀫𑁃forms abstract nouns
4Proto-Dravidian*-mayabstract noun formative

via Malayalam അറിവ്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഅറിവ്knowledge
2Malayalamഅറിയുകto know
3Proto-Dravidian*aṯV-to know
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *-may →Every word from Malayalam -മ →Every word from Old Tamil -𑀫𑁃 →