Where does “നടപ്പാത” come from?

നടപ്പാത (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam നട, from Proto-Dravidian *naṭa — to walk.

നടപ്പാത (Malayalam): walkway; footpath

Definitions

  1. walkway; footpath

Ancestry of “നടപ്പാത”, step by step

നടപ്പാത traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam നട

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamനടwalk
2Proto-Dravidian*naṭato walk

via Malayalam പാത

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപാതpath
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *naṭa →Every word from Malayalam നട →