Where does “මුදලාලි” come from?

මුදලාලි (Sinhalese) comes from Tamil முதலாளி, from Tamil -ஆளி, from Tamil -ஆள், from Tamil ஆள், from Proto-Dravidian *āḷ.

මුදලාලි (Sinhalese): capitalist, proprietor

Definitions

  1. capitalist, proprietor

Ancestry of “මුදලාලි”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilமுதலாளிcapitalist
2Tamil-ஆளிer, -person
3Tamil-ஆள்third person feminine singular suffix
4Tamilஆள்person
5Proto-Dravidian*āḷ—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *āḷ →Every word from Tamil ஆள் →Every word from Tamil -ஆளி →