Where does “കടൽമീൻ” come from?

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

കടൽമീൻ (Malayalam): marine fish

Definitions

  1. marine fish

Ancestry of “കടൽമീൻ”, step by step

കടൽമീൻ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam മീൻ

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

via Malayalam കടൽ

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