Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/kuḷ-

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

*kuḷ-

1. lake

Descendants

• South-Central Dravidian:
  • Gondi-Kui:
    • Gondi: कोल (kol)
  • Telugu: కొలను (kolanu), కొల్లు (kollu)
• Southern Dravidian:
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Tamil: குளம் (kuḷam)
    • Kannada: ಕೊಳ (koḷa)
    • Malayalam: കുളം (kuḷaṁ)
  • Tulu: ಕುಳ (kuḷa)
• → Sanskrit: कूल (kūla, “pond, pool”)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 523.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “kuḷam”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 165.