Where does “നാറുക” come from?

നാറുക (Malayalam) comes from Proto-Dravidian *ñāṯu — to emit smell.

നാറുക (Malayalam): to emit a bad smell; stink

Definitions

  1. to emit a bad smell; stink

Ancestry of “നാറുക”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidian*ñāṯuto emit smell
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *ñāṯu →