Where does “ഇടനേരം” come from?

ഇടനേരം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam നേരം, from Proto-Dravidian *nēram — time, sun.

ഇടനേരം (Malayalam): afternoon

Definitions

  1. afternoon

Ancestry of “ഇടനേരം”, step by step

ഇടനേരം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam നേരം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamനേരംtime
2Proto-Dravidian*nēramtime, sun

via Malayalam ഇടം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഇടംa space, place, area
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