Where does “மண்டலம்” come from?
மண்டலம் (Tamil) comes from Sanskrit मण्डल, from Sanskrit -ल, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
மண்டலம் (Tamil): earth
Definitions
- earth
Ancestry of “மண்டலம்”, step by step
மண்டலம் traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit मण्डल
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | मण्डल | circular, round; disk; anything round |
| 2 | Sanskrit | -ल | an adjectival or nominal suffix: relating to, belonging to, having, similar to, etc |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |