Where does “ചെറുഗണിനി” come from?

ചെറുഗണിനി (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam ഗണിനി, from Tamil கணினி, from Tamil -இ — ator, -er, -ed, -machine, -inator; added to a verb to produce agent nouns.

ചെറുഗണിനി (Malayalam): laptop

Definitions

  1. laptop

Ancestry of “ചെറുഗണിനി”, step by step

ചെറുഗണിനി traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam ഗണിനി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഗണിനിcomputer
2Tamilகணினிcomputer (device)
3Tamil-இator, -er, -ed, -machine, -inator; added to a verb to produce agent nouns

via Malayalam ചെറു

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamചെറുsmall
Every word from Tamil -இ →Every word from Tamil கணினி →Every word from Malayalam ഗണിനി →