Where does “කරවළ” come from?

කරවළ (Sinhalese) comes from Tamil கருவாடு, from Tamil கரு — foetus, embryo.

කරවළ (Sinhalese): dried salt fish

Definitions

  1. dried salt fish

Ancestry of “කරවළ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilகருவாடுsalted dried fish
2Tamilகருfoetus, embryo
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