Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/waẓVtV

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

*waẓVtV

1. brinjal

Descendants

• Malayalam: വഴുതന (vaḻutana), വഴുതനങ്ങ (vaḻutanaṅṅa)
• Tamil: வழுதலை (vaḻutalai), வழுதுணை (vaḻutuṇai)
• A descendent language
  • → Sanskrit: वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa), वङ्ग (vaṅga), वङ्गन (vaṅgana), भण्टाकी (bhaṇṭākī), वार्ताक (vārtāka), वृन्त (vṛnta), वृन्ताक (vṛntāka) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 9, 391.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “5301”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.