Where does “മലയാളി” come from?
മലയാളി (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam മല, from Sanskrit मूल — root; radish; base, foundation.
മലയാളി (Malayalam): Malayali (m/f)
Ancestry of “മലയാളി”, step by step
മലയാളി traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malayalam മല
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malayalam | മല | hill; mountain |
| 2 | Sanskrit | मूल | root; radish; base, foundation |
via Malayalam ആൾ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malayalam | ആൾ | person; individual |
| 2 | Malayalam | -ഇ | ator, -ed, -machine; suffix added to a verb to produce agent nouns (names of machines that corresponds to its respective root verb.) |
Words derived from “മലയാളി”