Where does “ஆயம்” come from?

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

ஆயம் (Tamil): herd of cows

Definitions

  1. herd of cows

Ancestry of “ஆயம்”, step by step

ஆயம் traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tamil ஆய்

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilஆய்mother
2TamilஆThe second vowel of Tamil, written in the Tamil script
3Old Tamil𑀆cow; the female of an ox
4Proto-Dravidian*ācow

via Sanskrit आय

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritआय—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *ā →Every word from Old Tamil 𑀆 →Every word from Tamil ஆ →