Where does “പെരുകുക” come from?

പെരുകുക (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam പെരു, from Old Tamil 𑀧𑁳𑀭𑀼, from Proto-Dravidian *perV- — big.

പെരുകുക (Malayalam): to increase

Definitions

  1. to increase

Ancestry of “പെരുകുക”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപെരുbig; large
2Old Tamil𑀧𑁳𑀭𑀼big
3Proto-Dravidian*perV-big
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *perV- →Every word from Old Tamil 𑀧𑁳𑀭𑀼 →Every word from Malayalam പെരു →
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