Where does “ചിറ്റമ്മനയം” come from?

ചിറ്റമ്മനയം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam ചിറ്റമ്മ, from Malayalam അമ്മ, from Proto-Dravidian amma — mother.

ചിറ്റമ്മനയം (Malayalam): Attitude of rivalry or partiality said to be present in a stepmother

Definitions

  1. Attitude of rivalry or partiality said to be present in a stepmother

Ancestry of “ചിറ്റമ്മനയം”, step by step

ചിറ്റമ്മനയം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam ചിറ്റമ്മ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamചിറ്റമ്മthe younger sister of one's mother
2Malayalamഅമ്മmother
3Proto-Dravidianammamother

via Malayalam നയം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamനയംpolicy
Every word from Proto-Dravidian amma →Every word from Malayalam അമ്മ →Every word from Malayalam ചിറ്റമ്മ →