Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/pāmpu

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

*pāmpu

snake

Descendants

Central Dravidian:
- Kolami: पाम् (pām)
- Southeastern Kolami: पाम् (pām)
- Parji-Gadaba:
  - Ollari: बाम् (bām), बामु (bāmu), बाम्ब् (bāmb)
  - Duruwa: बाम् (bām)
South Dravidian:
- Tamil-Kannada:
  - Old Kannada: ಪಾವು (pāvu)
    - Badaga: ಹಾವು (hāvu), ಆವು (āvu)
    - Kannada: ಹಾವು (hāvu), ಪಾವು (pāvu)
      - → Tulu: ಹಾವು (hāvu)
  - Tamil-Kodagu:
    - Iruloid:
      - Attapady Kurumba: [script needed] (pāmbu)
      - Irula: [script needed] (pāmbu)
    - Kodava: ಪಾಂಬ್ (pāmbŭ)
    - Old Tamil: 𑀧𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀧𑀼 (pāmpu)
      - Malayalam: പാമ്പ് (pāmpŭ)
      - Tamil: பாம்பு (pāmpu)
  - Toda-Kota:
    - Toda: [script needed] (pōb)
    - Kota (India): [script needed] (pāb)
- Tulu: ಪಾಂಬೊಲ್ (pāmbolŭ, “kind of flat, long fish”), ಪಾವು (pāvu)
South-Central Dravidian:
- Telugu: పాము (pāmu)
→ Prakrit: पाव (pāva), 𑀧𑀸𑀯 (pāva)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 529.
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “4085”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Subrahmanyam, P.S. (2011) A Supplement to Dravidian etymological dictionary, Chennai : Central Institute of Classical Tamil, page 128.