Where does “ചിറ്റാട” come from?

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

ചിറ്റാട (Malayalam): small cloth; child's cloth for special occasions

Definitions

  1. small cloth; child's cloth for special occasions

Ancestry of “ചിറ്റാട”, step by step

ചിറ്റാട traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam ചിറ്റ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamചിറ്റ
2Malayalamചിറ്റമ്മthe younger sister of one's mother
3Malayalamഅമ്മmother
4Proto-Dravidianammamother

via Malayalam ആട

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayalamആടFlowing garment, chiefly of women, children or idols
Every word from Proto-Dravidian ammaEvery word from Malayalam അമ്മEvery word from Malayalam ചിറ്റമ്മ