Where does “ചെറിയമ്മ” come from?

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

ചെറിയമ്മ (Malayalam): younger sister of one's mother

Definitions

  1. younger sister of one's mother

Ancestry of “ചെറിയമ്മ”, step by step

ചെറിയമ്മ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam അമ്മ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഅമ്മmother
2Proto-Dravidianammamother

via Malayalam ചെറിയ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamചെറിയsmall; tiny
2Malayalamചെറുsmall
Every word from Proto-Dravidian amma →Every word from Malayalam അമ്മ →