Where does “പാൽക്കടൽ” come from?

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

പാൽക്കടൽ (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 “പാൽക്കടൽ”, step by step

പാൽക്കടൽ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam പാൽ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപാൽmilk
2Proto-Dravidianpālmilk; breast

via Malayalam കടൽ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകടൽsea
Every word from Proto-Dravidian pāl →Every word from Malayalam പാൽ →