Where does “அட்டு” come from?

அட்டு (Tamil) comes from Burmese အတု, from Burmese အ-, from Pali a-, from Sanskrit अ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian a-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

அட்டு (Tamil): a cake made out of jaggery

Definitions

  1. a cake made out of jaggery

Ancestry of “அட்டு”, step by step

அட்டு traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese အတု

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseအတုcopy, imitation, counterfeit, emulation
2Burmeseအ-used to make nouns from verbs, from adjectives or...
3Palia-no; not; non; etc; not; lacking; without; etc
4Sanskritअ-un-, not; Used in the formation of imperfect,...
5Proto-Indo-Iraniana-un-, a-
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

via Tamil அடு

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilஅடுto be next, near
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neEvery word from Burmese အ-Every word from Sanskrit अ-