Where does “എണ്ണൂറ്” come from?

എണ്ണൂറ് (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam എൺ-, from Proto-Dravidian *eṇ- — eight (adj.).

എണ്ണൂറ് (Malayalam): eight hundred

Definitions

  1. eight hundred

Ancestry of “എണ്ണൂറ്”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഎൺ-eight (only used in compounds)
2Proto-Dravidian*eṇ-eight (adj.)

Words derived from “എണ്ണൂറ്”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *eṇ- →Every word from Malayalam എൺ- →