Where does “போதாமை” come from?

போதாமை (Tamil) comes from Tamil -ஆ, from Tamil -மை, from Old Tamil -𑀫𑁃, from Proto-Dravidian *-may — abstract noun formative.

போதாமை (Tamil): insufficiency, inadequacy, incompetency, unfitness

Definitions

  1. insufficiency, inadequacy, incompetency, unfitness

Ancestry of “போதாமை”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamil-ஆah — interrogative suffix
2Tamil-மைness, -ity added to nouns, adjectives or verbs to produce abstract nouns
3Old Tamil-𑀫𑁃forms abstract nouns
4Proto-Dravidian*-mayabstract noun formative
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *-may →Every word from Tamil -மை →Every word from Old Tamil -𑀫𑁃 →