Where does “എവിടെയും” come from?

എവിടെയും (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam എവിടെ, from Malayalam എ-, from Proto-Dravidian *yA- — which (interrogative root).

എവിടെയും (Malayalam): everywhere, anywhere

Definitions

  1. everywhere, anywhere

Ancestry of “എവിടെയും”, step by step

എവിടെയും traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam എവിടെ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഎവിടെwhere
2Malayalamഎ-interrogative prefix
3Proto-Dravidian*yA-which (interrogative root)

via Malayalam ഉം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഉംand
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *yA- →Every word from Malayalam എ- →Every word from Malayalam എവിടെ →