Where does “குடியுரிமை” come from?

குடியுரிமை (Tamil) comes from Tamil குடி, from Dravidian dra, from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu — date palm.

குடியுரிமை (Tamil): citizenship

Definitions

  1. citizenship

Ancestry of “குடியுரிமை”, step by step

குடியுரிமை traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tamil குடி

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilகுடிto drink
2Dravidiandra—
3Proto-Dravidian*cīntudate palm

via Tamil உரிமை

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilஉரிமைright, privilege
2Tamilமைthe alphasyllabic
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu →Every word from Dravidian dra →Every word from Tamil குடி →