visigoth
‘Goths of the west’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. wisigoth < La.Lat. visigothus < visigothī ‘west goths’ < O.H.G. westan ‘from the west’ < wes-pero- ‘evening, night’ < viz < wes- < Tamil ava
visigoth
English words derived Tamil ava connoting ‘diminution, blemish’