Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/ñān

This Proto-South 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-South Dravidian

Etymology

Back formed from the 1PL incl. pronoun *ñām making a parallel to *yĀn.

Pronoun

*ñān

1. I (1SG personal pronoun)

Descendants

• Southern:
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Kannada: ನಾನು (nānu)
    • Tamil-Kodagu:
      • Kodava: ನಾನು (nānu)
      • Tamil-Malayalam:
        • Malayalam: ഞാൻ (ñāṉ)
        • Tamil: நான் (nāṉ)
          • Pattapu: నాను
• South-Central:
  • Gondi: నన్నా (nannā), ననా (nanā), నన (nana)
  • Konda-Dora: నాను (nānu), నాన్ (nān)
  • Kuvi: ନା୕ନୁ (nānu)
  • Telugu: నేను (nēnu)

References

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