Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/puẓu

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

*puẓu[1][2]

worm

Descendants

Southern: *puẓ-u
- Southern I: *puẓ-u
  - Tulu: ಪುರಿ (puri), ಪುರು (puru, “snail”)
  - Tamil-Kannada:
    - Kannada-Badaga:
      - Old Kannada: ಪುೞು (puḻu)
        Jennu Kurumba: ಉಳು
        
        Kannada: ಹುಳು (huḷu)
    - Tamil-Kodagu:
      - Tamil-Malayalam:
        Tamil: புழு (puḻu)
        
        Malayalam: പുഴു (puḻu), പുയ്ജു (puyju)
        
        Irula: பூ (pū), புகு (puku)
      - Toda-Kota:
        Toda: [script needed] (puf)
        
        Kota (India): பூ (pū)
      - Kodava: ಪುಳು (puḷu)
- Southern II: *puẓ-uku
  - Telugu: పురుగు (purugu), పుర్గు (purgu), పురువు (puruvu), పుర్వు (purvu), ప్రువ్వు (pruvvu)
  - Gondi-Kui:
    - Gondi: పుఱి (puṟi), పుఱీ (puṟī), పుఱుయ్ (puṟuy)
    - Konda-Dora: [script needed] (piṛvu), [script needed] (piṛu)
    - Manda-Pengo:
      - Pengo: [script needed] (pṛī)
    - Kuvi-Kui:
      - Kuvi: [script needed] (pliguli), [script needed] (pṛiyuli)
      - Kui (India): [script needed] (pṛiu), [script needed] (pṛīu), [script needed] (piṛu)

Central:
- Kolami: पुर्रे, పుర్రె (purre)
- Parji-Gadaba: *puẓ-ut-
  - Ollari: [script needed] (puḍut)
  - Duruwa: पुडुत्

Northern: *poẓ-k/r- (?)
- Kurukh-Malto:
  - Kurukh: पोच्गौ (pocgau)
  - Malto: पोच्रु
- Brahui: پُو (pū)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 529.
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 381, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 529.
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 381.

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[1] Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 529.

[2] Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 381.