Where does “കുഴിയാന” come from?

കുഴിയാന (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam കുഴി, from Proto-Dravidian *kuẓ-V.

കുഴിയാന (Malayalam): antlion

Definitions

  1. antlion

Ancestry of “കുഴിയാന”, step by step

കുഴിയാന traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam കുഴി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകുഴിpit
2Proto-Dravidian*kuẓ-V

via Malayalam ആന

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamആനelephant
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *kuẓ-V