Where does “நல்-” come from?

நல்- (Tamil) comes from Proto-Dravidian *nāḷ.

நல்- (Tamil): good

Definitions

  1. good

Ancestry of “நல்-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidian*nāḷ—
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