Where does “ശലഭപ്പുഴു” come from?

ശലഭപ്പുഴു (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam പുഴു, from Proto-Dravidian puẓu — worm; insect, vermin.

ശലഭപ്പുഴു (Malayalam): caterpillar

Definitions

  1. caterpillar

Ancestry of “ശലഭപ്പുഴു”, step by step

ശലഭപ്പുഴു traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam പുഴു

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപുഴുworm, any of the various tubular invertebrates in the phyla Annelida, Nematoda as well as the juvenile forms of certain insects that resemble the members of those phyla
2Proto-Dravidianpuẓuworm; insect, vermin

via Malayalam ശലഭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamശലഭ—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian puẓu →Every word from Malayalam പുഴു →