Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/kō

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 edit

Alternative forms edit

*kōnṯu

Noun edit

*kō

king, chief
mountain

Descendants edit

Southern:
- Malayalam: കോ (kō)
- Tamil: கோ (kō)
Central:
- Kolami-Gadba: *kōs
  - Duruwa: कोच

Derived terms edit

*kō-nṯu
- Malayalam: കോൻ (kōṉ)
- Tamil: கோன் (kōṉ)
*kō-mā-n (“king”)
- Malayalam: കോമാൻ (kōmāṉ)
- Tamil: கோமான் (kōmāṉ)
Proto-South Dravidian: *kōyil
- Telugu: కోయిల (kōyila), కోవెల (kōvela)
- Tamil-Malayalam:
  - Malayalam: കോയിൽ (kōyil), കോവിൽ (kōvil)
  - Tamil: கோயில் (kōyil), கோவில் (kōvil)

Unsorted formations

>? Malayalam: കൊട്ടാരം (koṭṭāraṁ)

References edit

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 2177, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 2178, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.