Where does “നേരത്തെ” come from?

നേരത്തെ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam നേരം, from Proto-Dravidian *nēram — time, sun.

നേരത്തെ (Malayalam): early

Definitions

  1. early

Ancestry of “നേരത്തെ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamനേരംtime
2Proto-Dravidian*nēramtime, sun
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *nēram →Every word from Malayalam നേരം →