Where does “புள்ளி” come from?

புள்ளி (Tamil) comes from Tamil மான், from Dravidian *mā.

புள்ளி (Tamil): mark, point, dot, speck, jot

Definitions

  1. mark, point, dot, speck, jot

Ancestry of “புள்ளி”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilமான்deer
2Dravidian*mā—

Words derived from “புள்ளி”

Every word from Dravidian *mā →Every word from Tamil மான் →