Where does “கருமையான” come from?

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

கருமையான (Tamil): black color

Definitions

  1. black color

Ancestry of “கருமையான”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilகருமைdarkness, dark color
2Tamil-மைness, -ity added to nouns, adjectives or verbs to produce abstract nouns
3Old Tamil-𑀫𑁃forms abstract nouns
4Proto-Dravidian*-mayabstract noun formative
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *-may →Every word from Tamil -மை →Every word from Old Tamil -𑀫𑁃 →