Where does “அறிவாய்வியல்” come from?
அறிவாய்வியல் (Tamil) comes from Tamil ஆய்வு, from Tamil ஆய், from Tamil ஆ, from Old Tamil 𑀆, from Proto-Dravidian *ā — cow.
அறிவாய்வியல் (Tamil): epistemology
Ancestry of “அறிவாய்வியல்”, step by step
அறிவாய்வியல் traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tamil ஆய்வு
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tamil | ஆய்வு | investigation, research, study |
| 2 | Tamil | ஆய் | mother |
| 3 | Tamil | ஆ | The second vowel of Tamil, written in the Tamil script |
| 4 | Old Tamil | 𑀆 | cow; the female of an ox |
| 5 | Proto-Dravidian | *ā | cow |
via Tamil அறிவு
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tamil | அறிவு | knowledge, wisdom |
| 2 | Tamil | -வு | forms nouns of actions, verbal nouns, from verbs |
| 3 | Old Tamil | -𑀯𑀼 | — |