Where does “ചാവ്” come from?

ചാവ് (Malayalam) comes from Proto-Dravidian *caH- — to die.

ചാവ് (Malayalam): death

Definitions

  1. death

Ancestry of “ചാവ്”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidian*caH-to die
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *caH-
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