Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/wāḷ

This Proto-South 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-South Dravidian

Noun

*wāḷ

sword

Descendants

South I:
- Tamil-Kannada:
  - Kannada: ಬಾಳು (bāḷu)
  - Kodava: ಬಾಳು (bāḷu)
  - Kota (India): வாள் (vāḷ)
  - Tamil-Malayalam:
    - Malayalam: വാൾ (vāḷ), വാളൻ (vāḷaṉ)
    - Tamil: வாள் (vāḷ), வாளம் (vāḷam), வாளி (vāḷi)
- Tulu: ಬಾಳ್ (bāḷŭ), ಬಾಲ್ (bālŭ)
- → Sanskrit: करवाल (karavāla)
- → Sanskrit: तरवारि (taravāri)
South II:
- Telugu: వాలు (vālu), వాలిక (vālika)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 531.
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “vāḷ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.