Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/erutu

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

Noun

*erutu

1. ox

Descendants

• Central Dravidian:
  • Kolami-Naiki:
    • Kolami: ऎड् (eḍ)
    • Southeastern Kolami: हॆड् (heḍ)
• North Dravidian:
  • Kurukh: अड्डो (aḍḍo)
• South Dravidian:
  • South Dravidian I:
    • Tamil-Kannada:
      • Old Kannada: ಎೞ್ತು (eḻtu)
        • Middle Kannada: ಎರ್ತು (ertu)
          • Kannada: ಎತ್ತು (ettu)
      • Tamil-Kodagu:
        • Kodava: [script needed] (ëttï)
        • Tamil-Malayalam:
          • Malayalam: എരുത് (erutŭ)
          • Tamil: எருது (erutu)
        • Toda-Kota:
          • Kota (India): [script needed] (et)
          • Toda: [script needed] (ešt)
    • Tulu: ಎರು (eru)
  • South Dravidian II:
    • Telugu: ఎద్దు (eddu)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 524.}
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 815, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.