Sinhala>Sîhala (in Pali) / Sihila (in Prakrit)>Sîla>Ila>Ilam (Eelam).
He derived Eelam from Sinhala as follows The earliest occurrence of the name Eelam is in the Brahmi inscriptions of South India in which it occurs as Ila (Eela), the Prakrit form of the Eelam. Sri Lankan historian Karthigesu Indrapala in his thesis released in 1965 suggested that the people from whose named Eelam is derived were Sinhalese. Robert Caldwell, following Hermann Gundert, cites the word as an example of the omission of initial sibilants in the adoption of Indo-Aryan words into Dravidian languages. Late 19th century linguists took the view that the name Eelam was derived from the Pali (An Indo-Aryan language) form Sihala for Sri Lanka. Eelavar now refers to the citizens of the proposed Tamil Eelam, which would have taken up the northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka. Since the 1980s the words Eelam and Eelavar have been taken up by the Tamil separatist movements. Eela-kaasu and Eela-karung-kaasu are refers to coinages found in the Chola inscriptions of Parantaka I. Eelavar is a caste of toddy tappers found in the southern parts of Kerala. The Tamil inscriptions from the Pallava & Chola period dating from 9th century CE link the word with toddy, toddy tapper's quarters ( Eelat-cheri), tax on toddy tapping ( Eelap-poodchi), a class of toddy tappers ( Eelath-chanran). One of the prominent Sangam Tamil poets is known as Eelattu Poothanthevanar meaning Poothan-thevan (proper name) hailing from Eelam. The Sangam literature Paṭṭiṉappālai, mentions Eelattu-unavu (food from Eelam). : erukatur eelakutumpikan polalaiyan "Polalaiyan, (resident of) Erukatur, the husbandman (householder) from Eelam.". The Tirupparankunram inscription found near Madurai in Tamil Nadu and dated on palaeographical grounds to the 1st century BCE, refers to a person as a householder from Eelam ( Eela-kudumpikan). The earliest use of the word is found in a Tamil-Brahmi inscription as well as in the Sangam literature.
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