Where does “விரிகுடா” come from?

விரிகுடா (Tamil) comes from Tamil குடா, from Tamil குட, from Tamil -அம், from Old Tamil -𑀅𑀫𑁆.

Ancestry of “விரிகுடா”, step by step

விரிகுடா traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tamil குடா

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilகுடாbend, curve
2Tamilகுடbent, curved
3Tamil-அம்nominalizing suffix typically forms neuter nouns
4Old Tamil-𑀅𑀫𑁆—

via Tamil விரி

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilவிரிto spread out
2Proto-Dravidian*wiri-to split
Every word from Old Tamil -𑀅𑀫𑁆 →Every word from Tamil -அம் →Every word from Tamil குட →
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