Where does “ഇളമാൻ” come from?

ഇളമാൻ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam മാൻ, from Dravidian *mā.

ഇളമാൻ (Malayalam): fawn, young deer

Definitions

  1. fawn, young deer

Ancestry of “ഇളമാൻ”, step by step

ഇളമാൻ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam മാൻ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamമാൻdeer
2Dravidian*mā

via Malayalam ഇളം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഇളംlite
2Proto-Dravidian*eḷ-V-
Every word from Dravidian *māEvery word from Malayalam മാൻ
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