Where does “കണ്ണേറ്” come from?

കണ്ണേറ് (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam കണ്ണ്, from Proto-Dravidian kaṇ — eye.

കണ്ണേറ് (Malayalam): evil eye; wicked look

Definitions

  1. evil eye; wicked look

Ancestry of “കണ്ണേറ്”, step by step

കണ്ണേറ് traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam കണ്ണ്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകണ്ണ്eye
2Proto-Dravidiankaṇeye

via Malayalam ഏറ്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഏറ്ox, bull
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