Where does “കൈപുണ്യം” come from?

കൈപുണ്യം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam കൈ, from Proto-Dravidian *kay.

കൈപുണ്യം (Malayalam): gifted skill

Definitions

  1. gifted skill

Ancestry of “കൈപുണ്യം”, step by step

കൈപുണ്യം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam കൈ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകൈhand
2Proto-Dravidian*kay—

via Malayalam പുണ്യം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപുണ്യംpure
2Sanskritपुण्यthe good or right, virtue, purity, good work,...
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