Where does “குடநாடு” come from?

குடநாடு (Tamil) comes from Tamil குட, from Tamil -அம், from Old Tamil -𑀅𑀫𑁆.

குடநாடு (Tamil): the region where a dialect of Tamil was spoken, a portion of modern Malabar, one of 12 கொடுந்தமிழ்நாடு places where

Definitions

  1. the region where a dialect of Tamil was spoken, a portion of modern Malabar, one of 12 கொடுந்தமிழ்நாடு places where

Ancestry of “குடநாடு”, step by step

குடநாடு traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tamil குட

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilகுடbent, curved
2Tamil-அம்nominalizing suffix typically forms neuter nouns
3Old Tamil-𑀅𑀫𑁆—

via Tamil நாடு

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilநாடுcountry
2Old Tamil𑀦𑀸𑀝𑀼—
Every word from Old Tamil -𑀅𑀫𑁆 →Every word from Tamil -அம் →Every word from Tamil குட →