Where does “കല്ലൻതുമ്പി” come from?

കല്ലൻതുമ്പി (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam കല്ലൻ, from Malayalam അൻ.

കല്ലൻതുമ്പി (Malayalam): dragonfly; insect of the infraorder Anisoptera

Definitions

  1. dragonfly; insect of the infraorder Anisoptera

Ancestry of “കല്ലൻതുമ്പി”, step by step

കല്ലൻതുമ്പി traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam കല്ലൻ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകല്ലൻrocky; like a rock, hard, rigid
2Malayalamഅൻ

via Malayalam തുമ്പി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamതുമ്പിAny member of the insect order Odonata -dragonflies & damselflies
Every word from Malayalam അൻEvery word from Malayalam കല്ലൻ