Where does “ആനത്തിമിംഗിലം” come from?

ആനത്തിമിംഗിലം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam തിമിംഗിലം, from Sanskrit तिमिङ्गिल — A kind of fish which swallows a whale.

ആനത്തിമിംഗിലം (Malayalam): elephant seal

Definitions

  1. elephant seal

Ancestry of “ആനത്തിമിംഗിലം”, step by step

ആനത്തിമിംഗിലം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam തിമിംഗിലം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamതിമിംഗിലംwhale
2Sanskritतिमिङ्गिलA kind of fish which swallows a whale

via Malayalam ആന

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamആനelephant
Every word from Sanskrit तिमिङ्गिल
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