How may the Greek word for ginger be connected to a South Dravidian word?

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The Greek word for ginger, ziggiberis or zingiberis, is believed to derive from a South Dravidian nominal compound, *cinki-wēr.1

In this etymological connection, the Proto-Dravidian root wēr* means "root". The first part of the compound, cinki, is the source of the Tamil-Malayalam term iñci (ginger), which evolved through the loss of the initial c and a vowel-conditioned change of -ki to -ci. This Dravidian term also influenced other languages, appearing in Pali as singi and singivera, and in Sanskrit as śṛṅgavera-.1