Where does “-ഇയ” come from?

-ഇയ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam -അ, from Old Tamil -𑀐.

-ഇയ (Malayalam): adjective formative for words ending in a consonant or -u

Definitions

  1. adjective formative for words ending in a consonant or -u

Ancestry of “-ഇയ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalam-അaccusative case ending
2Old Tamil-𑀐—

Words derived from “-ഇയ”

Every word from Old Tamil -𑀐 →Every word from Malayalam -അ →