Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/mocVḷ

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 *moc +‎ *Vḷ.

Noun

*mocVḷ

1. crocodile

Descendants

• Central:
  • Kolami: మొసెలి (moseli)
  • Duruwa: ମ୕ଚା

• North:
  • Kurukh: [script needed] (bōca)
  • Kumarbhag Paharia: [script needed] (boce)

• South:
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Kannada: ಮೊಸಳೆ (mosaḷe), ಮಸಳೆ (masaḷe)
    • Kodava: ಮೊಸಳೆ (mosaḷe)
    • Kota (India): [script needed] (mocaḷ)
    • Tamil-Malayalam:
      • Irula: மொஜலெ (mojale)
      • Malayalam: മുതല (mutala)
      • Tamil: முதலை (mutalai), முதளை (mutaḷai), முசலி (mucali)
  • Tulu: ಮೊಸಳೆ (mosaḷe), ಮುದಲೆ (mudale), ಮುದಳೆ (mudaḷe), ಮೂದಲೆ (mūdale)

• South Central:
  • Konda-Dora: మోది (mōdi), మూది (mūdi)
  • Telugu: మొసలి (mosali)

• → Sanskrit: मुसली (musalī), माचल (mācala)
• → Prakrit: 𑀫𑀼𑀤𑀼𑀕 (muduga)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 14.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “mutalai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.