Where does “கோழிக்கோடு” come from?

கோழிக்கோடு (Tamil) comes from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട്, from Malayalam കോട്, from Proto-Dravidian *kōṭṭay.

Ancestry of “கோழிக்கோடு”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകോഴിക്കോട്Kozhikode
2Malayalamകോട്tip
3Proto-Dravidian*kōṭṭay—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *kōṭṭay →Every word from Malayalam കോട് →Every word from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് →