Where does “വാളൻപുളി” come from?

വാളൻപുളി (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam പുളി, from Proto-Dravidian puḷ — sour.

വാളൻപുളി (Malayalam): tamarind (Tamarindus indica, tree and fruit)

Definitions

  1. tamarind (Tamarindus indica, tree and fruit)

Ancestry of “വാളൻപുളി”, step by step

വാളൻപുളി traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam പുളി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപുളിsour
2Proto-Dravidianpuḷsour

via Malayalam വാളൻ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamവാളൻ—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian puḷ →Every word from Malayalam പുളി →