Where does “കുളവാഴ” come from?

കുളവാഴ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam വാഴ, from Proto-South Dravidian *wāẓay.

കുളവാഴ (Malayalam): water hyacinth, an invasive aquatic weed

Definitions

  1. water hyacinth, an invasive aquatic weed

Ancestry of “കുളവാഴ”, step by step

കുളവാഴ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam വാഴ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamവാഴbanana tree
2Proto-South Dravidian*wāẓay—

via Malayalam കുളം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകുളംpond
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