Did you know the origin of the word for door?
വാതിൽ came from വായ് - mouth.
വായ് + ഇൽ = വായിൽ which got modified to വാതിൽ!
Of course, the door is the mouth of the house!
വാതിൽ came from വായ് - mouth.
വായ് + ഇൽ = വായിൽ which got modified to വാതിൽ!
Of course, the door is the mouth of the house!
It does not come from vaya, it comes from vata or air, as in vatayana
ReplyDeleteI did not think about that. Do you have a reference?
ReplyDeleteThe one in the post, I took the etymology from Sabdatharaavali.
ok, i did some more looking up. I thought I had read a reference to vata, but cannot find it. You are correct, it definitely is coming from vaj. Tami, it is vaytal. Do you an online link to shabdataravali??
ReplyDeleteoh cool. i didn't know the tamil word. makes sense.
ReplyDeletesorry, i couldn't find an onilne link. I have the hardcopy that i got from India.