Where does “உயிர்ப்புனல்” come from?

உயிர்ப்புனல் (Tamil) comes from Tamil புனல், from English funnel, from Middle English funell, from Old French founel, from Latin fundibulum, from Latin fundō, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn — smoke; mist, haze.

உயிர்ப்புனல் (Tamil): blood

Definitions

  1. blood

Ancestry of “உயிர்ப்புனல்”, step by step

உயிர்ப்புனல் traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tamil புனல்

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilபுனல்water, flood, torrent, stream
2EnglishfunnelA utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone...
3Middle Englishfunell
4Old Frenchfounel
5Latinfundibulumfunnel
6Latinfundōto pour out, shed
7Latinfundusbottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Tamil உயிர்

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilஉயிர்life, soul
2Proto-Dravidian*ucV-to breathe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂-