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

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) chapter 5301, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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