Where does “நாற்று” come from?

நாற்று (Tamil) comes from Tamil நாறு, from Proto-Dravidian *ñāṯu — to emit smell.

நாற்று (Tamil): seedlings reared for transplantation

Definitions

  1. seedlings reared for transplantation

Ancestry of “நாற்று”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilநாறுto yield a smell usually bad
2Proto-Dravidian*ñāṯuto emit smell

Words derived from “நாற்று”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *ñāṯu →Every word from Tamil நாறு →