Where does “താമരനൂൽ” come from?

താമരനൂൽ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam നൂൽ, from Proto-Dravidian *nūl — thread.

താമരനൂൽ (Malayalam): thread inside the lotus stem

Definitions

  1. thread inside the lotus stem

Ancestry of “താമരനൂൽ”, step by step

താമരനൂൽ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam നൂൽ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamനൂൽthread
2Proto-Dravidian*nūlthread

via Malayalam താമര

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamതാമരlotus, an aquatic plant with cultural significance
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