Where does “-அன்” come from?

-அன் (Tamil) comes from Proto-Dravidian *-anṯu — Indicates a masculine noun.

-அன் (Tamil): (singular) masculine suffix particle

Definitions

  1. (singular) masculine suffix particle

Ancestry of “-அன்”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidian*-anṯuIndicates a masculine noun

Words derived from “-அன்

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *-anṯu