Where does “പേരുകേട്ട” come from?

പേരുകേട്ട (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam പേര്, from Proto-Dravidian *perV- — big.

പേരുകേട്ട (Malayalam): famous, well-known

Definitions

  1. famous, well-known

Ancestry of “പേരുകേട്ട”, step by step

പേരുകേട്ട traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam പേര്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപേര്name
2Proto-Dravidian*perV-big

via Malayalam കേട്ട

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകേട്ട—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *perV- →Every word from Malayalam പേര് →
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