Where does “കേരളീയൻ” come from?

കേരളീയൻ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam -ഈയ, from Sanskrit -ईय, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-iHyas.

കേരളീയൻ (Malayalam): Keralian, Keralite

Definitions

  1. Keralian, Keralite

Ancestry of “കേരളീയൻ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalam-ഈയrelating to, forms adjectives from nouns
2Sanskrit-ईयrelated to
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*-iHyas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-iHyas →Every word from Sanskrit -ईय →Every word from Malayalam -ഈയ →