Where does “കിഴങ്ങ്” come from?

കിഴങ്ങ് (Malayalam) comes from Proto-Dravidian *kiẓank- — tuber root.

കിഴങ്ങ് (Malayalam): tuber, the fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch

Definitions

  1. tuber, the fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch

Ancestry of “കിഴങ്ങ്”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidian*kiẓank-tuber root
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *kiẓank-