Where does “கிழங்கு” come from?

கிழங்கு (Tamil) comes from Proto-Dravidian *kiẓank- — tuber root.

கிழங்கு (Tamil): any edible bulbous root or tuber, such as potato, yam, turnip, parsnip, palmyra root, etc

Definitions

  1. any edible bulbous root or tuber, such as potato, yam, turnip, parsnip, palmyra root, etc

Ancestry of “கிழங்கு”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidian*kiẓank-tuber root

Words derived from “கிழங்கு”

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