Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/wēlay

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

Etymology

Compound of *wēl +‎ *ay.

Noun

*wēlay

1. work

Descendants

• South I:
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Tamil: வேலை (vēlai)
    • Malayalam: വേല (vēla)
  • Tulu: ಬೇಲೆ (bēle)
• South II:
  • Telugu: వేల (vēla)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 530.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “vēlai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.