Where does “നടപ്പാലം” come from?

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

നടപ്പാലം (Malayalam): footbridge

Definitions

  1. footbridge

Ancestry of “നടപ്പാലം”, step by step

നടപ്പാലം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam നട

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamനടwalk
2Proto-Dravidian*naṭato walk

via Malayalam പാലം

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