Where does “കളിയാട്ടം” come from?

കളിയാട്ടം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam ആട്ടം, from Proto-Dravidian *āṭu — to play, to dance.

കളിയാട്ടം (Malayalam): a play

Definitions

  1. a play

Ancestry of “കളിയാട്ടം”, step by step

കളിയാട്ടം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam ആട്ടം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamആട്ടംdance
2Proto-Dravidian*āṭuto play, to dance

via Malayalam കളി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകളിgame
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *āṭu →Every word from Malayalam ആട്ടം →