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

ox

Synonyms

*ēṯu

Descendants

Central Dravidian:
- Kolami-Naiki:
  - Kolami: ऎड् (eḍ)
  - Southeastern Kolami: हॆड् (heḍ)
North Dravidian:
- Kurukh: अड्डो (aḍḍo)
South Dravidian:
- South Dravidian I:
  - Tamil-Kannada:
    - Old Kannada: ಎೞ್ತು (eḻtu)
      - Middle Kannada: ಎರ್ತು (ertu)
        Kannada: ಎತ್ತು (ettu)
    - Tamil-Kodagu:
      - Kodava: [script needed] (ëttï)
      - Tamil-Malayalam:
        Malayalam: എരുത് (erutŭ)
        
        Tamil: எருது (erutu)
      - Toda-Kota:
        Kota (India): [script needed] (et)
        
        Toda: [script needed] (ešt)
  - Tulu: ಎರು (eru)
- South Dravidian II:
  - Telugu: ఎద్దు (eddu)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 524.}
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “815”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.