Where does “പെരുന്നാൾ” come from?

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

പെരുന്നാൾ (Malayalam): festival day, feast day; auspicious days like Eid al-Fitr, etc

Definitions

  1. festival day, feast day; auspicious days like Eid al-Fitr, etc

Ancestry of “പെരുന്നാൾ”, step by step

പെരുന്നാൾ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam പെരു

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപെരുbig; large
2Old Tamil𑀧𑁳𑀭𑀼big
3Proto-Dravidian*perV-big

via Malayalam നാൾ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamനാൾday

Words derived from “പെരുന്നാൾ”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *perV- →Every word from Old Tamil 𑀧𑁳𑀭𑀼 →Every word from Malayalam പെരു →