Where does “മയിൽപ്പീലി” come from?

മയിൽപ്പീലി (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam മയിൽ, from Proto-Dravidian mayVr — peacock.

മയിൽപ്പീലി (Malayalam): peacock feather

Definitions

  1. peacock feather

Ancestry of “മയിൽപ്പീലി”, step by step

മയിൽപ്പീലി traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam മയിൽ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamമയിൽpeacock
2Proto-DravidianmayVrpeacock

via Malayalam പീലി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപീലിtail covert feather of a peacock
Every word from Proto-Dravidian mayVr →Every word from Malayalam മയിൽ →