Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/weṇṇey
Proto-South Dravidian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Dravidian *weḷ (“white”) + *ney (“oil, ghee”).
Noun
edit*weṇṇey[1]
Descendants
edit- South Dravidian:
- Tamil-Kannada:
- Kannada: ಬೆಣ್ಣೆ (beṇṇe), ಬೆಣ್ಣಿ (beṇṇi)
- Tamil-Kodagu:
- Kodava: boṇṇe ney
- Kannada script: ಬೊಣ್ಣೆ ನೆಯ್
- Malayalam script: ബൊണ്ണെ നെയ്
- Tamil-Malayalam:
- Toda-Kota:
- Kota (India): வெண் (veṇ)
- Toda: [script needed] (peṇ)
- Kodava: boṇṇe ney
- Tulu: boṇṇe
- Tamil-Kannada:
- South-Central Dravidian:
- Telugu: వెన్న (venna)
References
edit- ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 531.
Further reading
edit- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “veḷ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 499.