Where does “കടൽച്ചേന” come from?

കടൽച്ചേന (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam കടൽ — sea.

കടൽച്ചേന (Malayalam): sea urchin

Definitions

  1. sea urchin

Ancestry of “കടൽച്ചേന”, step by step

കടൽച്ചേന traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam കടൽ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകടൽsea

via Malayalam ചേന

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamചേനelephant foot yam (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius), tropical plant grown for its edible corm
Every word from Malayalam കടൽ
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