Where does “?????” come from?

????? (Old Tamil) comes from Proto-Dravidian nāṭu — state, province, district, kingdom.

????? (Old Tamil): land, region, country

Definitions

  1. land, region, country

Ancestry of “?????”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidiannāṭustate, province, district, kingdom
Every word from Proto-Dravidian nāṭu