Where does “തേനീച്ചക്കൂട്” come from?

തേനീച്ചക്കൂട് (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam തേനീച്ച, from Malayalam തേൻ, from Proto-Dravidian *tiy-am.

തേനീച്ചക്കൂട് (Malayalam): beehive, hive

Definitions

  1. beehive, hive

Ancestry of “തേനീച്ചക്കൂട്”, step by step

തേനീച്ചക്കൂട് traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam തേനീച്ച

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamതേനീച്ചhoney bee; Any of the small insects in the genus Apis that collects nectar from flowers, often kept commercially for honey, beeswax and pollination of crops
2Malayalamതേൻhoney
3Proto-Dravidian*tiy-am—

via Malayalam കൂട്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകൂട്nest
2Proto-Dravidiankūṭunest, receptacle
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *tiy-am →Every word from Malayalam തേൻ →Every word from Malayalam തേനീച്ച →