Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/kaẓVt

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

*kaẓVt

1. paddy field

Descendants

• Old Kannada: ಗೞ್ದೆ (gaḻde)
  • Middle Kannada: ಗರ್ದೆ (garde)
    • Kannada: ಗದ್ದೆ (gadde), ಗೆದ್ದೆ (gedde)
• Malayalam: കഴനി (kaḻani)
• Tamil: கழனி (kaḻaṉi)
• → Sanskrit: कर्दम (kardama), कर्द (karda), कर्दट (kardaṭa)

References

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