Where does “ஒப்புமை” come from?

ஒப்புமை (Tamil) comes from Tamil -மை, from Old Tamil -𑀫𑁃, from Proto-Dravidian *-may — abstract noun formative.

ஒப்புமை (Tamil): similarity, match, resemblance, comparison

Definitions

  1. similarity, match, resemblance, comparison

Ancestry of “ஒப்புமை”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamil-மைness, -ity added to nouns, adjectives or verbs to produce abstract nouns
2Old Tamil-𑀫𑁃forms abstract nouns
3Proto-Dravidian*-mayabstract noun formative
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *-may →Every word from Tamil -மை →Every word from Old Tamil -𑀫𑁃 →
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