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Where does “எல்லை” come from?
எல்லை (Tamil) comes from Tamil எல், from Proto-Dravidian *el.
எல்லை
(Tamil): limit, boundary
Definitions
limit, boundary
Ancestry of “எல்லை”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Tamil
எல்
sun
2
Proto-Dravidian
*el
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