Комментарии:An interesting Tamil-NDR isogloss. The Tamil variants el and even yālam speak in favour of an original *y- (presumably before a short vowel, since otherwise the general lack of length is hard to explain); if so, the forms are easily comparable to Kur. ellnā. Burrow & Emeneau also draw a comparison with Tam. nallam, based on the presumption of the free variation n- ~ 0- in Dravidian, but this is not at all realistic. On the other hand, the semantic relation between this local root and the more common *ńāḷ- 'night' still has to be ascertained. // Present in 2/6 branches.
Комментарии:An interesting SDR root with a possible original *j- (see the discussion in the SDR section) and potential external parallels. // Present in 1/6 branches.
Комментарии:Initial *je- tentatively reconstructed on the basis of the correspondence "PSDR *a- : Telugu *e-" (cf. similarly PDR *jed_- 'to know'). At least two different stems have to be postulated for PDR: monosyllabic *jeẓ- (> SDR, Telugu, possibly PKG) as well as bisyllabic *jeẓái- (> SDR, PGn, possibly PKG). // Present in 4/6 branches.
