Where does “കൊമ്പൻ” come from?

കൊമ്പൻ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam -അൻ, from Proto-Dravidian *-anṯu — Indicates a masculine noun.

കൊമ്പൻ (Malayalam): a tusker; a male elephant with prominent tusks

Definitions

  1. a tusker; a male elephant with prominent tusks

Ancestry of “കൊമ്പൻ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalam-അൻdenotes nouns of male gender
2Proto-Dravidian*-anṯuIndicates a masculine noun
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *-anṯu →Every word from Malayalam -അൻ →