Where does “നെയ്ത്ത്” come from?

നെയ്ത്ത് (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam നെയ്യുക, from Proto-Dravidian *ney — oil, ghee.

നെയ്ത്ത് (Malayalam): weaving; the act or craft of making cloth by interlacing threads

Definitions

  1. weaving; the act or craft of making cloth by interlacing threads

Ancestry of “നെയ്ത്ത്”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamനെയ്യുകto weave
2Proto-Dravidian*neyoil, ghee

Words derived from “നെയ്ത്ത്”

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