Where does “തനിമ” come from?

തനിമ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam -മ, from Old Tamil -𑀫𑁃, from Proto-Dravidian *-may — abstract noun formative.

തനിമ (Malayalam): originality, purity, uniqueness

Definitions

  1. originality, purity, uniqueness

Ancestry of “തനിമ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalam-മadded to nouns or verbs to produce nouns expressing an abstract quality or condition
2Old Tamil-𑀫𑁃forms abstract nouns
3Proto-Dravidian*-mayabstract noun formative
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *-may →Every word from Malayalam -മ →Every word from Old Tamil -𑀫𑁃 →
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