Where does “കടലമ്മ” come from?

കടലമ്മ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam അമ്മ, from Proto-Dravidian amma — mother.

കടലമ്മ (Malayalam): Mother sea, personification of the sea

Definitions

  1. Mother sea, personification of the sea

Ancestry of “കടലമ്മ”, step by step

കടലമ്മ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam അമ്മ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഅമ്മmother
2Proto-Dravidianammamother

via Malayalam കടൽ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകടൽsea
Every word from Proto-Dravidian amma →Every word from Malayalam അമ്മ →