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Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/weṇṇey

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 Proto-Dravidian *weḷ (“white”) + *ney (“oil, ghee”).

Noun

*weṇṇey[1]

  1. butter

Descendants
  • 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)
    • Tulu: boṇṇe
      Kannada script: ಬೊಣ್ಣೆ
      Malayalam script: ബൊണ്ണെ
  • South-Central Dravidian:

References
  1. Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 531.

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