Where does “ഈരടി” come from?

ഈരടി (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam അടി, from Malayalam അടിക്കുക — to beat (literal translation).

ഈരടി (Malayalam): couplets verse in recurring two line

Definitions

  1. couplets verse in recurring two line

Ancestry of “ഈരടി”, step by step

ഈരടി traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam അടി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഅടിbeat
2Malayalamഅടിക്കുകto beat (literal translation)

via Malayalam ഇരു

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഇരുtwo
2Proto-Dravidian*ir-two
Every word from Malayalam അടിക്കുകEvery word from Malayalam അടി