Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/kōẓi

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

*kōẓi

chicken

Descendants

South Dravidian I:
- Tamil-Kannada:
  - Old Kannada: ಕೋೞಿ (kōḻi)
    - Badaga: ಕೋಯಿ (kōyi)
    - Kannada: ಕೋಳಿ (kōḷi)
  - Tamil-Kodagu:
    - Irula-Muduga:
      - Irula: கோயி (kōyi)
      - Attapady Kurumba: കോയി
    - Kodava: ಕೋಳಿ (kōḷi)
    - Old Tamil: 𑀓𑁄𑀵𑀺 (kōḻi)
      - → Ancient Greek: κόττος (kóttos)
      - Aranadan: കോയി
      - Malayalam: കോഴി (kōḻi), കോയി (kōyi)
      - Tamil: கோழி (kōḻi)
    - Toda-Kota:
      - Kota (India): கோய் (kōy)
      - Toda: [script needed] (kwï·ḍy)
- Tulu: ಕೋರಿ (kōri), ಕೋಳಿ (kōḷi) — Brahman
South Dravidian II:
- Gondi: గోగోడి (gōgōḍi), గుగొడీ (gugoḍī), ఘొగ్డీ (ghogḍī), గొగ్డి (gogḍi)
  - → Southeastern Kolami: గొగొడి (gogoḍi), గొగొడ఼ి
- Manda (India): କୁୟ୍ (kuy)
- Telugu: కోడి (kōḍi)
→ Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀟𑀺 (koḍi)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 13.
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “2248”, 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 96.