Where does “മാങ്ങ” come from?

മാങ്ങ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam -ങ്ങ, from Malayalam കായ, from Proto-Dravidian kāy — fruit.

മാങ്ങ (Malayalam): unripe mango fruit

Definitions

  1. unripe mango fruit

Ancestry of “മാങ്ങ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalam-ങ്ങSuffix used for raw fruits
2Malayalamകായunripe fruit
3Proto-Dravidiankāyfruit

Words derived from “മാങ്ങ”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian kāy →Every word from Malayalam -ങ്ങ →Every word from Malayalam കായ →