Where does “ஆய்ச்சி” come from?

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

ஆய்ச்சி (Tamil): woman of the cow-herder caste

Definitions

  1. woman of the cow-herder caste

Ancestry of “ஆய்ச்சி”, step by step

ஆய்ச்சி 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 Tamil ச்சி

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