Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/aṭV

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

Noun

*aṭV

1. foot, bottom, base

Descendants

• South Dravidian I:
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Kannada: ಅಡಿ (aḍi)
    • Tamil-Kodagu:
      • Kodava: ಅಡಿ (aḍi)
      • Tamil-Malayalam:
        • Tamil: அடி (aṭi)
        • Malayalam: അടി (aṭi)
      • Toda-Kota:
        • Kota (India): [script needed] (aṛy)
        • Toda: [script needed] (oṛy)
  • Tulu: ಅಡಿ (aḍi)
• South Dravidian II:
  • Gondi: అడి (aḍi), అడిత్ (aḍit), అడిత (aḍita), అడ఼్కె, అడ్న (aḍna​), అడ్డి (aḍḍi), అడీ (aḍī​)
  • Konda-Dora: అడ్గి (aḍgi)
  • Telugu: అడుగు (aḍugu, “foot, base, step”)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 523.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 72, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.