Where does “ഇടിവാൾ” come from?

ഇടിവാൾ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam വാൾ, from Proto-Dravidian *wāḷ — strong.

ഇടിവാൾ (Malayalam): lightning flash

Definitions

  1. lightning flash

Ancestry of “ഇടിവാൾ”, step by step

ഇടിവാൾ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam വാൾ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamവാൾsword
2Proto-Dravidian*wāḷstrong

via Malayalam ഇടി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഇടിpunch, hit
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