Where does “ഐ-” come from?

ഐ- (Malayalam) comes from Proto-Dravidian *cay — five.

ഐ- (Malayalam): five (only used in compounds)

Definitions

  1. five (only used in compounds)

Ancestry of “ഐ-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidian*cayfive

Words derived from “ഐ-

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *cay
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