Where does “நாட்டாண்மை” come from?

நாட்டாண்மை (Tamil) comes from Tamil ஆள், from Proto-Dravidian *āḷ.

நாட்டாண்மை (Tamil): office of village headman, sovereignty, overlordship of a country

Definitions

  1. office of village headman, sovereignty, overlordship of a country

Ancestry of “நாட்டாண்மை”, step by step

நாட்டாண்மை traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tamil ஆள்

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilஆள்person
2Proto-Dravidian*āḷ—

via Tamil நாட்டு

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilநாட்டுto set up, fix, plant, place in the ground, as a pole; to erect; to insert
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