Where does “புலனாய்வு” come from?

புலனாய்வு (Tamil) comes from Tamil ஆய்வு, from Tamil ஆய், from Tamil ஆ, from Old Tamil 𑀆, from Proto-Dravidian *ā — cow.

புலனாய்வு (Tamil): investigation (by a police or government department)

Definitions

  1. investigation (by a police or government department)

Ancestry of “புலனாய்வு”, step by step

புலனாய்வு traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tamil ஆய்வு

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilஆய்வுinvestigation, research, study
2Tamilஆய்mother
3TamilThe second vowel of Tamil, written in the Tamil script
4Old Tamil𑀆cow; the female of an ox
5Proto-Dravidiancow

via Tamil புலன்

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilபுலன்
Every word from Proto-Dravidian Every word from Old Tamil 𑀆Every word from Tamil