Etymology of Funeral

Another word of Tamil origin in Indo European Languages

piam [Tamil] n. 1. Corpse, carcass; .

( , 913).

2. Devil, disembodied soul, spirit; . ( .)

piam [Tamil] ->

= "i" and "e" become "o" in Tamil

piappu->

piam ->
pei->

poam [colloquial Tamil] n.Corpse, carcass.

poappu
poam

poi

pe >

="i" becomes "u" in Tamil and also in Latin after borrowing.

piu->

piai ->

pou

puu
puai

piam [Tamil] &

poam [colloquial Tamil]-> fnus , fnris [Latin] n. I.a

funeral procession, funeral rites, burial, funeral, usually with reference to the burning of
the body;
I. Literal meaning.1. A dead body, corpse, =cadaver (poet.): haeccine parva meum
funus arena teget? 2.2. Death, esp. violent death, murder (mostly poet.): maturo
propior ... funeri,
II. Trop., destruction, ruin, fall (rare but class.): vir summ eloquenti dixit graviter,
casum illum meum funus esse rei publicae, sed funus justum et indictum,
fnris [Latin]-> funeral [English] Related to a ceremony in honor of a deceased person.

Asturian: funeral
French: funrailles
Galician: funeral
Italian: funerale
Portuguese: funeral
Spanish: funeral
It is incorrect to connect the fnus with the Latin fumus and Sanskrit word dhma which
merely mean smoke. There is no logic behind for the illogical connectivity between
smoke and corpse.