The "even older Dravidian [language]" referred to in the article is not exactly Tamil. The oldest written evidence we have for Old Tamil[1] dates to the 3rd century BC[2]. But we're told that this word is in Sanskrit's vocabulary, which was already developed well before then. (Some people date the Vedas to the 15th century BC.)
That means it probably didn't come from Tamil, and instead came from some other, older Dravidian language. That might be Proto-Dravidian, the common ancestor of all Dravidian languages (Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, etc.), or some other ancient Dravidian language that we don't have a record of.
(That seems likely, because that's generally how other Dravidian words in Sanskrit are thought to have gotten there: Skt. फल (phala) 'fruit' is thought to have been borrowed from Proto-Dravidian *palam, which has descended into Tamil பழம் (paḻam), Malayalam പഴം (paḻaṃ), etc.)
Some English words actually are directly from Tamil, though. Curry[3] and mango[4] are both directly from Tamil.
[1]: Old Tamil is actually quite different from Modern Tamil, but let's not get into that
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tamil_language
indians date it quite securely via astronomical observations in the texts of dhruva the pole star to 3000 BC or 5kya
dhruva was thuban or alpha draconis of draco or the indian constellation sisumara whale dolphin
there were no pole stars from about 2300 BC to 1500 AD but the knowledge of the previous one was preserved in india
the rig veda and some other vedas even predate the dhruva observation but have not been securely dated
Please post a credible source for whole of your post.
http://www.academia.edu/7193503/Dhruva-the-Ancient-Vedic-Hin...
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/RN_Iyengar
personally dont care about peer review status since we know the reasons westerners reject this information has nothing to do with science but self interest
but you might be interested to know it was first proposed by a european named jacobi before europeans got the desire to be aryan leading to the world war and destruction
video lecture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R2lXuUMdoo
another person same conclusion
and actual science will head back east to india and maybe china if they can get their act together
this was not noted in the paper itself but only on twitter
you can imagine the ridiculousness of claims that women drove out dravidians and then installed a patriarchy
i hope they do publish cause it would mark the low point of western science future historians can point to as the beginning of the fall
in any case they have no evidence of steppe languages only inferences and we have strong evidence of sanskrit in india 3000 BC well before the fake aryan invasion claims of 1500 BC
The color has always been referred to as "kesari" in Kannada, and translates to saffron.
unexpectedly even the japanese use a form of the tamil word coupled with the chinese word uruchi mai leading to theories of dravidian japanese linkages or atleast contact and trade
but the debate of whether the tamil word itself comes from sanskrit vrihi is not settled there is the possibility of agriculture spreading to north india from south india and lanka starting 17.5kya and then on to the fertile crescent as well contrary to popular beliefs
please argue on merits of the content of the article
if you think there is something false please point to the specifics
Two Points regarding the article:- 1. Author says agriculture first started in Sri Lanka, and then uses that to say India was the country where agriculture started. Completely ignoring the fact that Sri Lanka is not in India.
2. Author says, "India cannot now be ruled out as the home of the grape, in which case, we would have a Neolithic-era spread of a crop from India to the FC and beyond."
His whole assertion is this paper [A], where all the paper authors say is that grape could have been present in India before the presently accepted timeline, they don't say anything about India being home of the grape or even if grape spread out from India. IndiaFacts did quite a reach there just for proving supremacy of India.
So yeah again, a better site for your ignorant BS. It is better to not bring your level of discourse to this site.
[A] - http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Downloads/article_id_097_04_...
rest of your nit picking i will ignore since you seem to have accepted and not disputed the main claim of lankan agri well before the fertile crescent
The Dravidian language referred here is Tamil. The fruit in the citrus family is called Narthangai. The unripe fruit makes a sour delicious pickle.
It's such a joy to hear a Tamil word used everyday around the globe.