Where does “കൈയെഴുത്ത്” come from?

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

കൈയെഴുത്ത് (Malayalam): manuscript; document written by hand

Definitions

  1. manuscript; document written by hand

Ancestry of “കൈയെഴുത്ത്”, step by step

കൈയെഴുത്ത് traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam കൈ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകൈhand
2Proto-Dravidian*kay—

via Malayalam എഴുത്ത്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഎഴുത്ത്writing
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *kay →Every word from Malayalam കൈ →