Where does “എന്നാൽ” come from?

എന്നാൽ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam എന്ന്, from Proto-Turkic yā-, from Proto-Tocharian *iyā-, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

എന്നാൽ (Malayalam): if that is the case

Definitions

  1. if that is the case

Ancestry of “എന്നാൽ”, step by step

എന്നാൽ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam എന്ന്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഎന്ന്A quotative marker, used to introduce quotes and names
2Proto-Turkicyā-—
3Proto-Tocharian*iyā-to go, travel
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel

via Malayalam എൻ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഎൻmy
2Proto-Dravidian*yAnI (1st person personal pronoun)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- →Every word from Proto-Tocharian *iyā- →Every word from Proto-Turkic yā- →