Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/cōṭam

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

From *cōṭ- (“to run”).

Noun

*cōṭam

boat

Descendants

South Dravidian I:
- Tamil-Kannada:
  - Kannada: ಓಡ (ōḍa)
    - → Telugu: ఓడ (ōḍa)
      - → Duruwa: [script needed] (ōḍa)
      - → Gondi: ఓడ (ōḍa), ఒద (oda), [script needed] (ōṛa)
  - Tamil-Malayalam:
    - Malayalam: ഓടം (ōṭaṁ)
    - Tamil: ஓடம் (ōṭam)
- Tulu: ಓಡ (ōḍa), ഓഡ (ōḍa)

→ Sanskrit: होड (hoḍa, “boat”) (see there for further descendants)

Derived terms

Malayalam: ഓടായി (ōṭāyi), ഓടി (ōṭi)
Tamil: ஓடாவி (ōṭāvi)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 525.
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ōṭam”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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