Where does “പഞ്ഞപ്പുല്ല്” come from?

പഞ്ഞപ്പുല്ല് (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam പുല്ല്, from Proto-Dravidian *pul.

പഞ്ഞപ്പുല്ല് (Malayalam): finger millet, Eleusine coracana

Definitions

  1. finger millet, Eleusine coracana

Ancestry of “പഞ്ഞപ്പുല്ല്”, step by step

പഞ്ഞപ്പുല്ല് traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam പുല്ല്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപുല്ല്grass; short plants with long narrow leaves and hollow stems belonging to the family Poaceae
2Proto-Dravidian*pul—

via Malayalam പഞ്ഞ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപഞ്ഞ—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *pul →Every word from Malayalam പുല്ല് →