Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/erutu

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Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/erutu

This Proto-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-Dravidian

Noun

*erutu[1]

1. buffalo (Bos), ox, bullock

Descendants

• Old Kannada: ಎೞ್ತು (eḻtu)
  • Middle Kannada: ಎರ್ತು (ertu)
    • Kannada: ಎತ್ತು (ettu), ಎದ್ದು (eddu)
• Kodava: ಎತ್ತ್
• Old Tamil:
  • Middle Tamil:
    • Tamil: எருது (erutu)
• Old Telugu: *ఎర్దు
  • Telugu: ఎద్దు (eddu)
• Tulu: ಎರ್ದ್ (erd), ಎರು (eru), ಎರ್ (er)
• Kurukh: [script needed] (aḍḍoo)

References

1. Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian Languages. Cambridge University Press.