Where does “ආණ්ඩුව” come from?

ආණ්ඩුව (Sinhalese) comes from Tamil ஆண்டான், from Tamil ஆள், from Proto-Dravidian *āḷ.

ආණ්ඩුව (Sinhalese): governance, rule, reign

Definitions

  1. governance, rule, reign

Ancestry of “ආණ්ඩුව”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilஆண்டான்lord, master
2Tamilஆள்person
3Proto-Dravidian*āḷ—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *āḷ →Every word from Tamil ஆள் →Every word from Tamil ஆண்டான் →