Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/ēẓ

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

Alternative forms

• *eẓV-

Verb

*ēẓ

1. to spin

Descendants

• North Dravidian:
  • Kurukh: एस्पा (espā)
• South Dravidian:
  • South Dravidian I:
    • Tamil-Kannada:
      • Kannada: ಎಳೆ (eḷe)
      • Kota (India): [script needed] (eḷ)
      • Tamil-Malayalam:
        • Malayalam: ഇഴ (iḻa)
        • Tamil: இழை (iḻai)
    • Tulu: ಇಲೆ (ile), ಇಳೆ (iḷe), ಎಳೆ (eḷe)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 524.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 506, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.