Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/īẓam
Proto-South Dravidian
Etymology
Compound of *īẓ + *am.
Noun
*īẓam
Descendants
- Malayalam: ഈഴം (īḻaṁ)
- Tamil: ஈழம் (īḻam) or Tamil: ஈறம் (īṟam)
- Sinhalese: රා (rā)
- Dhivehi: ރާ (rā, “toddy”)
- Kannada: ಈಡಿ (īḍi)
- Telugu: ఈడిగ (īḍiga)
- Tulu: ಎಡಿಗ (eḍiga)
References
- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 11.
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “īr̤am”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.