Where does “கண்டீரவம்” come from?

கண்டீரவம் (Tamil) comes from Sanskrit कण्ठीरव, from Sanskrit कण्ठ, from Proto-Dravidian *kaẓuntt- — neck.

கண்டீரவம் (Tamil): lion

Definitions

  1. lion

Ancestry of “கண்டீரவம்”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकण्ठीरव‘roaring from the throat’; a lion; an elephant in...
2Sanskritकण्ठthroat, neck; the narrowest part of something;...
3Proto-Dravidian*kaẓuntt-neck
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *kaẓuntt- →Every word from Sanskrit कण्ठ →Every word from Sanskrit कण्ठीरव →
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