Where does “மூதாளன்” come from?

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

மூதாளன் (Tamil): an aged man

Definitions

  1. an aged man

Ancestry of “மூதாளன்”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilமூதுold, mature
2Tamilமூthe alphasyllabic combination of
3Proto-Tungusicmūwater
4Proto-Finnicmuuother, another; different
5Proto-Finno-Ugricmu—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric mu →Every word from Proto-Finnic muu →Every word from Proto-Tungusic mū →