Where does “பூலாங்கிழங்கு” come from?

பூலாங்கிழங்கு (Tamil) comes from Tamil கிழங்கு, from Proto-Dravidian *kiẓank- — tuber root.

பூலாங்கிழங்கு (Tamil): zedoary, Long zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria)

Definitions

  1. zedoary, Long zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria)

Ancestry of “பூலாங்கிழங்கு”, step by step

பூலாங்கிழங்கு traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tamil கிழங்கு

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilகிழங்குany edible bulbous root or tuber, such as potato, yam, turnip, parsnip, palmyra root, etc
2Proto-Dravidian*kiẓank-tuber root

via Tamil பூலா

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilபூலா—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *kiẓank- →Every word from Tamil கிழங்கு →