Where does “கடனாளி” come from?

கடனாளி (Tamil) comes from Tamil ஆளி, from Tamil ஆள், from Proto-Dravidian *āḷ.

கடனாளி (Tamil): debtor

Definitions

  1. debtor

Ancestry of “கடனாளி”, step by step

கடனாளி traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tamil ஆளி

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilஆளிlion (Panthera leo)
2Tamilஆள்person
3Proto-Dravidian*āḷ

via Tamil கடன்

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilகடன்debt, loan
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *āḷEvery word from Tamil ஆள்Every word from Tamil ஆளி
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