Where does “ഓലമീൻ” come from?

ഓലമീൻ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam മീൻ, from Proto-Dravidian mīn — fish.

ഓലമീൻ (Malayalam): sailfish

Definitions

  1. sailfish

Ancestry of “ഓലമീൻ”, step by step

ഓലമീൻ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam മീൻ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamമീൻan aquatic animal; commonly just fish
2Proto-Dravidianmīnfish

via Malayalam ഓല

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഓലcoconut leaf
Every word from Proto-Dravidian mīn →Every word from Malayalam മീൻ →