Where does “பெரு” come from?

பெரு (Tamil) comes from English Peru, from Spanish Perú, from Quechua pelu — river.

பெரு (Tamil): big, huge, great, immense, excessive, severe

Definitions

  1. big, huge, great, immense, excessive, severe

Ancestry of “பெரு”, step by step

பெரு traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Peru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPeruPlaces in the United States
2SpanishPerúPeru
3Quechuapeluriver

via Old Tamil 𑀧𑁳𑀭𑀼

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tamil𑀧𑁳𑀭𑀼big
2Proto-Dravidian*perV-big

Words derived from “பெரு”

Every word from Quechua pelu →Every word from Spanish Perú →Every word from English Peru →