Where does “പാലാഴി” come from?

പാലാഴി (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam പാൽ, from Proto-Dravidian pāl — milk; breast.

പാലാഴി (Malayalam): Kshirasagara, the mythological ocean of milk, over which the Hindu deity Vishnu reclines on his serpent-mount Shesha

Definitions

  1. Kshirasagara, the mythological ocean of milk, over which the Hindu deity Vishnu reclines on his serpent-mount Shesha

Ancestry of “പാലാഴി”, step by step

പാലാഴി traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam പാൽ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപാൽmilk
2Proto-Dravidianpālmilk; breast

via Malayalam ആഴി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamആഴിsea, ocean
Every word from Proto-Dravidian pālEvery word from Malayalam പാൽ