Where does “പായമീൻ” come from?

പായമീൻ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam മീൻ, from Proto-Dravidian mīn — fish.

പായമീൻ (Malayalam): sailfish

Definitions

  1. sailfish

Ancestry of “പായമീൻ”, step by step

പായമീൻ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam മീൻ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamമീൻan aquatic animal; commonly just fish
2Proto-Dravidianmīnfish

via Malayalam പായ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപായmat
Every word from Proto-Dravidian mīn →Every word from Malayalam മീൻ →