Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/weḷ

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Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/weḷ

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

Alternative forms

• *weṇ

Noun

*weḷ[1][2]

1. white

Descendants

• *weḷ-ay
  • Kannada: ಬಿಳಿ (biḷi, “white”)
  • Malayalam: വെള്ള (veḷḷa, “white”)
  • Tamil: வெள்ளை (veḷḷai, “white”)
  • Telugu: వెలి (veli, “white”)

• *weḷ-may
  • Tamil: வெண்மை (veṇmai)
  • Malayalam: വെണ്മ (veṇma)

• *weḷ-i
  • Kannada: ಬೆಳ್ಳಿ (beḷḷi, “silver”)
  • Malayalam: വെള്ളി (veḷḷi, “silver”)
  • Tamil: வெள்ளி (veḷḷi, “silver”)
  • Telugu: వెండి (veṇḍi, “silver”)

• *weḷ-am
  • Tamil: வெள்ளம் (veḷḷam)
  • Malayalam: വെള്ളം (veḷḷaṃ, “water”)

• Tamil: விளக்கு (viḷakku, “lamp”), வெளிச்சம் (veḷiccam)
• Malayalam: വിളക്ക് (viḷakkŭ, “lamp”), വെളിച്ചം (veḷiccaṃ)
• Telugu: వెలుగు (velugu, “light”)
• Kannada: ಬೆಳ (beḷa), ಬೆಳಕು (beḷaku, “light”)

Derived terms

• *weṇ-ney (“butter”)

References

1. Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 9, 391.
2. Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “veḷ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 499.