Where does “പോരായ്മ” come from?

പോരായ്മ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam -മ, from Old Tamil -𑀫𑁃, from Proto-Dravidian *-may — abstract noun formative.

പോരായ്മ (Malayalam): deficiency, shortage

Definitions

  1. deficiency, shortage

Ancestry of “പോരായ്മ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalam-മadded to nouns or verbs to produce nouns expressing an abstract quality or condition
2Old Tamil-𑀫𑁃forms abstract nouns
3Proto-Dravidian*-mayabstract noun formative
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *-may →Every word from Malayalam -മ →Every word from Old Tamil -𑀫𑁃 →