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

1. 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.