Where does “ඉරට්ට” come from?

ඉරට්ට (Sinhalese) comes from Tamil இரட்டை, from Tamil இரண்டு, from Proto-Dravidian *ir-aṇ-ṭu.

ඉරට්ට (Sinhalese): even

Definitions

  1. even

Ancestry of “ඉරට්ට”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilஇரட்டைpair
2Tamilஇரண்டுtwo
3Proto-Dravidian*ir-aṇ-ṭu—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *ir-aṇ-ṭu →Every word from Tamil இரண்டு →Every word from Tamil இரட்டை →