Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-Dravidian : *cer- (*k̂-?, *k-?)

Meaning : to insert, put in

Proto-South Dravidian: *cer-

Proto-Telugu : *cerk-

Proto-North Dravidian : *qer- (?)

Notes : Complicated case: if NDR belongs here, *ker- could be expected. On the other hand, if we assume that Kannada serku is re-borrowed from Tamil, the SDR protoform can point to *ker-, in which case everything is regular.

Proto-Dravidian : *cer_-aŋ- (*-i-)

Meaning : end of cloth, hem

Proto-South Dravidian: *cIr_-aŋ-

Proto-Telugu : *cIr_-aŋ-

Proto-Dravidian : *cer_Vk-

Meaning : sugarcane; sugar juice

Proto-South Dravidian: *ceruk- (*-r_-) (?)

Proto-Telugu : *cer_ak-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *Serk- (*-r_-)

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *cer_ok-

Proto-North Dravidian : *cur-ā (?)

Notes : Dubious root (possibility of borrowing from Telugu into CDR; also, PGn *c- is irregular).

Proto-Dravidian : *cet-

Meaning : dirt, rubbish

Proto-South Dravidian: *cet-ai

Proto-Telugu : *cett-

Proto-Dravidian : *ciḷ-

Meaning : branch, bifurcation

Proto-South Dravidian: *ciḷ-

Proto-Telugu : *ciḷḷ-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *SeL- (*ǯ-) (?)

Notes : Irregular -e- in PKG.

Proto-Dravidian : *cilk-

Meaning : to hang; to be entangled

Proto-South Dravidian: *cilk-

Proto-Telugu : *cikk-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *Sirk-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *Silk-

Proto-Dravidian : *Cim-

Meaning : point, tip, summit

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Proto-South Dravidian: *SIm-ai-

Proto-Telugu : *civ-ar-

Proto-North Dravidian : *cum-(j)ā

Proto-Dravidian : *cin-

Meaning : gold

Proto-South Dravidian: *cin-

Proto-Telugu : *cinn-

Proto-Dravidian : *ciṇ- (*č-)

Meaning : to drop, drizzle

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Proto-South Dravidian: *ǯiṇ-

Proto-Telugu : *cin-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *Sin-k-

Notes : Kannada has *ǯ- maybe by contamination with similar *ǯ-roots.

Proto-Dravidian : *cint- (??)

Meaning : evening

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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *cint-

Notes : A PKG isogloss.

Proto-Dravidian : *cir-

Meaning : 1 day 2 yesterday

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *cir

Proto-North Dravidian : *cer-

Notes : A phonetically good PKG-NDR isogloss (NDR *-e- by umlaut < *cir-ō).

Proto-Dravidian : *cī-

Meaning : to tear

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Proto-South Dravidian: *cī-

Proto-Telugu : *cī-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *Sī-ŋ-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *sī-

Proto-Dravidian : *cīkaṭ-

Meaning : darkness

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Proto-Telugu : *cīkaṭ-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *cīkaḍ

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *sīkaṭ- (*c-)

Proto-Dravidian : *cīp-

Meaning : leaf-cup

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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *Sip-ṛ-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *cīp-

Proto-Dravidian : *cīp-

Meaning : to suck

Proto-South Dravidian: *cīp-

Proto-Telugu : *cī-

Proto-North Dravidian : *cīp-

Proto-Dravidian : *cīp-

Meaning : chicken

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *cīp-

Proto-Dravidian : *Cīr-

Meaning : to scratch

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Proto-South Dravidian: *Cī-r-

Proto-Telugu : *cīr-

Proto-North Dravidian : *cīr-c-

Proto-Dravidian : *cīr-nd-

Meaning : to blow the nose

Proto-South Dravidian: *cīn[d]-

Proto-Telugu : *cīnd-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *Cīnd-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *sīr-nd-

Proto-North Dravidian : *īnǯ-

Notes : The North Drav. form is dubious (*c- > 0- is generally irregular).

Proto-Dravidian : *cīr_-

Meaning : to hiss

Proto-South Dravidian: *cīr_- (*s-)

Proto-Telugu : *cīr- (*-r_-)

Proto-Dravidian : *Cod_-

Meaning : to itch

Proto-South Dravidian: *čor_-i-

Proto-Telugu : *dur-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *sod_-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *čot_-

Notes : Irregular reflexes in many of the subgroups (particularly Telugu and PKG); probably due to the expressivity of the root.