All right! It's time for some 'bad' words :-)
The other day I noticed an interesting pattern in the etymology of words denoting bad.
ചീത്ത sounds very related to ചീയുക - to decay
അഴുക്കു comes from അഴുകുക - to decay
കെട്ട comes from കേടാകുക - to go bad, e.g. milk
So, it seems, that originally bad meant not fit for consumption.
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2 comments:
Hi
Great to see you back.
That speaks the importance for food :)
-Nikhil
PS: How do you explain പൊട്ട?
Thanks! (I joined school and got really busy :-)
പൊട്ട means broken. It comes from പൊടിയുക which in turn comes from the root പൊടു (per Gundert)
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