Where does “நரகம்” come from?

நரகம் (Tamil) comes from Sanskrit नरक, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.

நரகம் (Tamil): hell

Definitions

  1. hell

Ancestry of “நரகம்”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritनरकhell
2Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nér →Every word from Sanskrit नरक →