Where does “ഉരകല്ല്” come from?

ഉരകല്ല് (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam കല്ല്, from Proto-Dravidian *kaḷ.

ഉരകല്ല് (Malayalam): whetstone

Definitions

  1. whetstone

Ancestry of “ഉരകല്ല്”, step by step

ഉരകല്ല് traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam കല്ല്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകല്ല്stone, rock
2Proto-Dravidian*kaḷ—

via Malayalam ഉര

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഉര—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *kaḷ →Every word from Malayalam കല്ല് →