Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/peṭṭi

This Proto-Dravidian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Dravidian

Etymology

Compound of *peṭṭ +‎ *i

Noun

*peṭṭi

1. box

Descendants

• Central Dravidian:
  • Duruwa: [script needed] (peṭeya)
• Southern Dravidian:
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Kannada: ಪೆಟ್ಟಿ (peṭṭi), ಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ (peṭṭige), ಪೆಟ್ಟಿಯ (peṭṭiya)
    • Tamil-Kodagu:
      • Kodava: ಪೊಟ್ಟಿ (poṭṭi)
      • Tamil-Malayalam:
        • Malayalam: പെട്ടി (peṭṭi), പെട്ടകം (peṭṭakaṁ)
        • Tamil: பெட்டி (peṭṭi), பொட்டி (poṭṭi), பெட்டகம் (peṭṭakam)
  • Tulu: ಪೆಟ್ಟಿಯೆ (peṭṭiye), ಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ (peṭṭige); പെട്ടിയെ (peṭṭiye)
    • → Yemeni Arabic: فاتية (fātiya), פאתיא (fātiya)
• South-Central Dravidian:
  • Telugu: పెట్టె (peṭṭe)
• → Sanskrit: पेटक (peṭaka), पेटिका (peṭikā)
• → Prakrit: 𑀧𑁂𑀟𑀸 (peḍā), 𑀧𑁂𑀟𑀺𑀆 (peḍiā), 𑀧𑁂𑀝𑀻 (peṭī) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 529.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “peṭṭi”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.