Where does “கனாக்காண்” come from?

கனாக்காண் (Tamil) comes from Tamil காண், from Proto-Dravidian *kāṇ- — to see.

கனாக்காண் (Tamil): to dream

Definitions

  1. to dream

Ancestry of “கனாக்காண்”, step by step

கனாக்காண் traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tamil காண்

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilகாண்to see, look, perceive, view, descry
2Proto-Dravidian*kāṇ-to see

via Tamil கனா

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilகனாambition, vision, goal
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *kāṇ- →Every word from Tamil காண் →