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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *ed_-l-
Meaning : to separate, winnow
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Proto-Gondi : *ēR- (*-r-)
Konda : er_lis- (-t-)
Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *eRl- (caus. *ēRs-)
Notes : The root has an old suffixal -l- which is also seen in several other cases. It may be bisyllabic, but this is hard to prove. The causative form ('to winnow') was *ed_-l-c- > Konda er_lis-, PK *ēRs- (original alveolar phoneme preserved because of *-l-; without it *eh- would be expected). PPM *zēc- > Pengo jēc- has NOTHING! NOTHING! to do with this!!!
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Gondi etymology :

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Proto-Gondi : *ēR- (*-r-)
Meaning : to be separated
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Betul Gondi : ērānā "to be separated, be separate from"
Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : ērānā "to be separated, be separate from"
Muria Gondi : ēr- "(crossroads) to divide, spread out in different directions"
Additional forms : Also Gondi_Tr caus. ērstānā
Number in DED : 915
Number in CVOTGD : 393
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Konda etymology :

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Konda : er_lis- (-t-)
Meaning: to separate (as one's legs), keep away from
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Konda (Burrow/Bhattacharya) : ēr_- "to be separated"
Additional forms : Also Konda ēr_p- (-t-) to keep apart, keep separate
Number in DED : 915
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Kui-Kuwi etymology :

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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *eRl- (caus. *ēRs-)
Meaning : to sort; to winnow
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Kui : ēja (ēji-) "to be separate from, detached, move aside, make way for"
Khuttia Kui : ēsp- "to winnow"
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : ērḷali "to be separated"
Kuwi (Schulze) : ērsinai "to sort"
Sunkarametta Kuwi : ērs- "to winnow"
Parja Kuwi : ēhp- "to winnow"
Tekriya Kuwi : ērsp- "to winnow with a sidewise motion"
Kuwi (Israel) : erl- (-it-) "to go by a different path"
Additional forms : Also Kui ēspa (ēst-) to separate; Kuwi_F ēṛsali to separate; Kuwi_Isr ērs- (-it-) to separate, keep separate
Notes : An interesting and unique case. The original causative form seems to be preserved in Kui_T; in other languages either -r- or -p- have fallen out. As for the original auslaut cluster, on the base of the correspondence "Kui -j- - Kuwi -rl-" (-ṛ- in Kuwi_F is misspelled as usual) we reconstruct a PK *-Rl- which is indirectly indicated by external data (cf. Konda er_lis- to separate). The vowel is long in the causative form; in the simple form the short vowel, preserved in Kuwi_Isr, is primary; in other dialects vowel length is the result either of compensatory lengthening or analogy.
Number in DED : 915
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *ēd_-
Meaning : to separate, sift
Proto-Telugu : *ēr_-
Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *er- (*-r_-, *-d_-)
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *ed_-l-
Notes : The vowel quantity is hard to determine. It's probably long (PKG *ed_- because of causative conjugation). How does Malayalam ekar_uka 'to winnow' relate to this?
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *ēr_-
Meaning : to sift
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu (Krishnamurti) : ēr_u
Number in DED : 915
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Kolami-Gadba etymology :

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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *er- (*-r_-, *-d_-)
Meaning : to sift
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kolami (Setumadhava Rao) : ers-, yers- (KR-188)
Number in DED : 915
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