Where does “ഇരുന്നൂറ്” come from?

ഇരുന്നൂറ് (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam ഇരു, from Proto-Dravidian *ir- — two.

ഇരുന്നൂറ് (Malayalam): two hundred

Definitions

  1. two hundred

Ancestry of “ഇരുന്നൂറ്”, step by step

ഇരുന്നൂറ് traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam ഇരു

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഇരുtwo
2Proto-Dravidian*ir-two

via Malayalam നൂറ്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamനൂറ്hundred (numeral: ൱)

Words derived from “ഇരുന്നൂറ്”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *ir- →Every word from Malayalam ഇരു →