Where does “-மை” come from?

-மை (Tamil) comes from Old Tamil -𑀫𑁃, from Proto-Dravidian *-may — abstract noun formative.

-மை (Tamil): ness, -ity added to nouns, adjectives or verbs to produce abstract nouns

Definitions

  1. ness, -ity added to nouns, adjectives or verbs to produce abstract nouns

Ancestry of “-மை”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tamil-𑀫𑁃forms abstract nouns
2Proto-Dravidian*-mayabstract noun formative

Words derived from “-மை”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *-may →
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