Where does “കുണ്ടൻ” come from?

കുണ്ടൻ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam -അൻ, from Proto-Dravidian *-anṯu — Indicates a masculine noun.

കുണ്ടൻ (Malayalam): dwarf, a short and fat man

Definitions

  1. dwarf, a short and fat man

Ancestry of “കുണ്ടൻ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalam-അൻdenotes nouns of male gender
2Proto-Dravidian*-anṯuIndicates a masculine noun
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *-anṯu →Every word from Malayalam -അൻ →