Where does “කූඩුව” come from?

කූඩුව (Sinhalese) comes from Tamil கூடு, from Proto-Dravidian kūṭu — nest, receptacle.

කූඩුව (Sinhalese): nest, cage, coop

Definitions

  1. nest, cage, coop

Ancestry of “කූඩුව”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilகூடுnest, birdcage, coop, hive
2Proto-Dravidiankūṭunest, receptacle
Every word from Proto-Dravidian kūṭu →Every word from Tamil கூடு →