Where does “ഒരാൾ” come from?

ഒരാൾ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam ആൾ, from Malayalam -ഇ — ator, -ed, -machine; suffix added to a verb to produce agent nouns (names of machines that corresponds to its respective root verb.).

ഒരാൾ (Malayalam): one person

Definitions

  1. one person

Ancestry of “ഒരാൾ”, step by step

ഒരാൾ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam ആൾ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamആൾperson; individual
2Malayalam-ഇator, -ed, -machine; suffix added to a verb to produce agent nouns (names of machines that corresponds to its respective root verb.)

via Malayalam ഒരു

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഒരുone
2Proto-Dravidianoruone
Every word from Malayalam -ഇ →Every word from Malayalam ആൾ →