Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/tēḷ

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

*tēḷ

1. scorpion

Descendants

• North:
  • Kumarbhag Paharia: [script needed] (téle)
  • Brahui: تیڷ (teł), تیل (tel)

• Southern:
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Old Kannada: ತೇಳು (tēḷu)
      • Kannada: ಚೇಳು (cēḷu)
    • Tamil-Kodaga:
      • Kodava: ತೇಳು (tēḷu)
      • Tamil-Malayalam:
        • Malayalam: തേൾ (tēḷ)
        • Tamil: தேள் (tēḷ)
  • Tulu: ಚೇಳ್ (cēḷŭ), ತೇಳ್ (tēḷŭ), ತೇಲ್ (tēlŭ)

• South-Central:
  • Telugu: తేలు (tēlu)

References

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