Where does “എന്നത്” come from?

എന്നത് (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam എന്ന, from Malayalam എന്നുക, from Proto-Dravidian *aHn- — to say.

എന്നത് (Malayalam): the one or ones mentioned; which

Definitions

  1. the one or ones mentioned; which

Ancestry of “എന്നത്”, step by step

എന്നത് traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam എന്ന

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഎന്നwhich, the mentioned one
2Malayalamഎന്നുകto say
3Proto-Dravidian*aHn-to say

via Malayalam അത്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഅത്that
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *aHn- →Every word from Malayalam എന്നുക →Every word from Malayalam എന്ന →