Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/ēẓ

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

Etymology 1

Numeral

*ēẓ

  1. seven

Descendants

  • Central:
    • Old Kolami: एऴ् (ēḻ)
    • Kolami: एड् (ēḍ)
  • South:
  • South-Central:
    • Gondi: एड़ुङ् (ēḍuṅ)
    • Kui (India): ଓଦ୍ଗି (odgi), ଓଡ୍ (oḍ), ଓଡ୍ଗି (oḍgi), ଓଡ଼ି (oṛi)
    • Old Telugu: ఏఴు (ēḻu)

See also

  • Appendix:Cognate sets for Dravidian languages

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • *eẓV-

Verb

*ēẓ

  1. to spin

Descendants

  • North Dravidian:
    • Kurukh: एस्पा (espā)
  • South Dravidian:
    • South Dravidian I:
      • Tamil-Kannada:
        • Kannada: ಎಳೆ (eḷe)
        • Kota (India): [script needed] (eḷ)
        • Tamil-Malayalam:
      • Tulu: ಇಲೆ (ile), ಇಳೆ (iḷe), ಎಳೆ (eḷe)

References

  • Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 524.
  • Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “506”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
  • Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “910”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
  • S. Nair, Ravi Shankar (2013) Tribal Languages of Kerala‎[1], Language in India
  • Varghese, Bijumon (2015) The Tribes of Palakkad, Kerala, A Sociolinguistic Profile‎[2], SIL International
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