Where does “മുൻവശം” come from?

മുൻവശം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam മുൻ, from Proto-Dravidian *mun — previous, before, front.

മുൻവശം (Malayalam): front

Definitions

  1. front

Ancestry of “മുൻവശം”, step by step

മുൻവശം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam മുൻ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamമുൻprevious, before
2Proto-Dravidian*munprevious, before, front

via Malayalam വശം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamവശംside
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *mun →Every word from Malayalam മുൻ →