Where does “പാൽപ്പല്ല്” come from?

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

പാൽപ്പല്ല് (Malayalam): milk teeth, the first set of teeth a baby develops before being replaced by permanent adult teeth

Definitions

  1. milk teeth, the first set of teeth a baby develops before being replaced by permanent adult teeth

Ancestry of “പാൽപ്പല്ല്”, step by step

പാൽപ്പല്ല് traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam പാൽ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപാൽmilk
2Proto-Dravidianpālmilk; breast

via Malayalam പല്ല്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപല്ല്tooth
2Proto-Dravidian*pal—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian pāl →Every word from Malayalam പാൽ →