Where does “ஆ” come from?

ஆ (Tamil) comes from Old Tamil 𑀆, from Proto-Dravidian *ā — cow.

ஆ (Tamil): The second vowel of Tamil, written in the Tamil script

Definitions

  1. The second vowel of Tamil, written in the Tamil script

Ancestry of “ஆ”, step by step

ஆ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Tamil 𑀆

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tamil𑀆cow; the female of an ox
2Proto-Dravidian*ācow

via Proto-Dravidian a-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidiana-that, that there

Words derived from “ஆ”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *ā →Every word from Old Tamil 𑀆 →