Where does “மூதாய்” come from?

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

மூதாய் (Tamil): grandmother

Definitions

  1. grandmother

Ancestry of “மூதாய்”, step by step

மூதாய் traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tamil மூது

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

via Tamil ஆய்

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilஆய்mother
2TamilஆThe second vowel of Tamil, written in the Tamil script
3Old Tamil𑀆cow; the female of an ox
4Proto-Dravidian*ācow
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric mu →Every word from Proto-Finnic muu →Every word from Proto-Tungusic mū →