Where does “പൊടിച്ചേമ്പ്” come from?

പൊടിച്ചേമ്പ് (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam ചേമ്പ്, from Proto-Dravidian *kēmpu.

പൊടിച്ചേമ്പ് (Malayalam): taro plant, Colocasia esculenta

Definitions

  1. taro plant, Colocasia esculenta

Ancestry of “പൊടിച്ചേമ്പ്”, step by step

പൊടിച്ചേമ്പ് traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam ചേമ്പ്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamചേമ്പ്taro, Colocasia esculenta, a species of monocotyledonous plant with broad waxy leaves and edible corms
2Proto-Dravidian*kēmpu—

via Malayalam പൊടി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപൊടിdust
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *kēmpu →Every word from Malayalam ചേമ്പ് →