Where does “நூல்” come from?

நூல் (Tamil) comes from Old Tamil 𑀦𑀽𑀮𑁆, from Proto-Dravidian *nūl — thread.

நூல் (Tamil): book, treatise; systematic doctrine, science;...

Definitions

  1. book, treatise; systematic doctrine, science;...

Ancestry of “நூல்”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tamil𑀦𑀽𑀮𑁆thread
2Proto-Dravidian*nūlthread

Words derived from “நூல்”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *nūl →Every word from Old Tamil 𑀦𑀽𑀮𑁆 →