Where does “മാളിക” come from?

മാളിക (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit मालिका, from Dravidian dra, from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu — date palm.

മാളിക (Malayalam): a multi-story mansion

Definitions

  1. a multi-story mansion

Ancestry of “മാളിക”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमालिकाgarland
2Dravidiandra—
3Proto-Dravidian*cīntudate palm
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu →Every word from Dravidian dra →Every word from Sanskrit मालिका →
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