Where does “அலி” come from?

அலி (Tamil) comes from Sanskrit हरि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan źʰárHiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰárHiš, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

அலி (Tamil): hermaphrodite

Definitions

  1. hermaphrodite

Ancestry of “அலி”, step by step

அலி traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit हरि

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritहरिto be yellow or green; fawn-coloured; reddish...
2Proto-Indo-AryanźʰárHiṣ—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ʰárHišgreen, yellow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

via Tamil அல்

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilஅல்night, nightfall
2Tamilஅல்-the root of a symbolic negative verb affixed to nouns, pronouns and other verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰárHiš →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan źʰárHiṣ →
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