Where does “മീൻകൊത്തി” come from?

മീൻകൊത്തി (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam മീൻ, from Proto-Dravidian mīn — fish.

മീൻകൊത്തി (Malayalam): kingfisher, small piscivorous bird belonging to the family Alcedinidae

Definitions

  1. kingfisher, small piscivorous bird belonging to the family Alcedinidae

Ancestry of “മീൻകൊത്തി”, step by step

മീൻകൊത്തി traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam മീൻ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamമീൻan aquatic animal; commonly just fish
2Proto-Dravidianmīnfish

via Malayalam കൊത്തി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകൊത്തി—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian mīn →Every word from Malayalam മീൻ →