Tamil · noun

நீர்

nīr‘water’
simplex — no productive affix

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
water
water
French
eau
eau
Hindi
पानीpānī
पानी
Telugu
నీరుnīru
నీరు
Tamil
நீர்nīr
நீர்
  • நீர்Tamil⟷నీరుTelugu· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor

How the graph explains it

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  1. 01நீர் (nīr) is a Tamil noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
    • rulerule:simplex
  2. 02Its meaning ('water') can be approximated as SOMETHING in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.2 steps
  3. 03நீர் is inherited from Reconstructed:Proto-Dravidian *nīr ‘water’ (confidence 0.70).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:water-pdr-ta0.70
    • sourcededr0.70
  4. 04నీరు is cognate with ta நீர் (confidence 0.70).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:water-cog-ta-te0.70
    • sourcededr0.70
  5. 05Aligned forms: English water (translation equivalent); French eau (translation equivalent); Hindi पानी (pānī) (translation equivalent); Telugu నీరు (nīru) (cognate).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment

Where it came from

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  1. *nīrReconstructed:Proto-Dravidian— inherited →நீர் accepted
    dedr0.70
  2. நீர்Tamil— cognate →నీరు accepted
    dedr0.70