Where does “மூதாட்டி” come from?

மூதாட்டி (Tamil) comes from Tamil மூது, from Tamil மூ, from Proto-Tungusic mū, from Proto-Finnic muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mu.

மூதாட்டி (Tamil): an aged woman

Definitions

  1. an aged woman

Ancestry of “மூதாட்டி”, step by step

மூதாட்டி traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tamil மூது

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilமூதுold, mature
2Tamilமூthe alphasyllabic combination of
3Proto-Tungusicwater
4Proto-Finnicmuuother, another; different
5Proto-Finno-Ugricmu

via Tamil ஆட்டி

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilஆட்டிwoman, lady
2Tamilஆள்person
3Proto-Dravidian*āḷ
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric muEvery word from Proto-Finnic muuEvery word from Proto-Tungusic