Where does “ஒற்றளபெடை” come from?

ஒற்றளபெடை (Tamil) comes from Tamil ஒற்று, from Tamil ஒன்று, from Proto-Dravidian onṯu — one.

ஒற்றளபெடை (Tamil): lengthening the mutes (ங், ஞ், ண், ந், etc.) after one or two short syllables for the sake of metre

Definitions

  1. lengthening the mutes (ங், ஞ், ண், ந், etc.) after one or two short syllables for the sake of metre

Ancestry of “ஒற்றளபெடை”, step by step

ஒற்றளபெடை traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tamil ஒற்று

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilஒற்றுto press, hug close
2Tamilஒன்றுone
3Proto-Dravidianonṯuone

via Tamil அளபெடை

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilஅளபெடைsound lengthening
2Tamilஅளபு—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian onṯu →