Where does “മേൽത്തരം” come from?

മേൽത്തരം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam മേൽ, from Proto-Dravidian mē — up, above.

മേൽത്തരം (Malayalam): of superior quality

Definitions

  1. of superior quality

Ancestry of “മേൽത്തരം”, step by step

മേൽത്തരം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam മേൽ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamമേൽup
2Proto-Dravidianup, above

via Malayalam തരം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamതരംsort
Every word from Proto-Dravidian Every word from Malayalam മേൽ