Where does “மன்னர்” come from?

மன்னர் (Tamil) comes from Tamil -அர், from Proto-Dravidian *-ar — Indicates a human plural noun.

Ancestry of “மன்னர்”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamil-அர்human plural suffix
2Proto-Dravidian*-arIndicates a human plural noun
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *-ar →Every word from Tamil -அர் →