Where does “-മ” come from?

-മ (Malayalam) comes from Old Tamil -𑀫𑁃, from Proto-Dravidian *-may — abstract noun formative.

-മ (Malayalam): added to nouns or verbs to produce nouns expressing an abstract quality or condition

Definitions

  1. added to nouns or verbs to produce nouns expressing an abstract quality or condition

Ancestry of “-മ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tamil-𑀫𑁃forms abstract nouns
2Proto-Dravidian*-mayabstract noun formative

Words derived from “-മ”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *-may →Every word from Old Tamil -𑀫𑁃 →