Where does “വെളിവ്” come from?

വെളിവ് (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam വെളി, from Proto-Dravidian *weḷ — white.

വെളിവ് (Malayalam): consciousness; sensibility

Definitions

  1. consciousness; sensibility

Ancestry of “വെളിവ്”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamവെളിoutside
2Proto-Dravidian*weḷwhite
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *weḷ →Every word from Malayalam വെളി →