Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/pon

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

*pon

1. gold

Descendants

• South Dravidian I:
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Old Kannada: ಪೊನ್ (pon)
      • Kannada: ಹೊನ್ನು (honnu)
    • Kodava: ಪೊನ್ನು (ponnu)
    • Kota-Toda:
      • Kota (India): [Term?] (/⁠pon⁠/)
      • Toda: [Term?] (/⁠pïn⁠/)
    • Tamil-Malayalam:
      • Malayalam: പൊന്ന് (ponnŭ), പൊൻ (poṉ)
      • Tamil: பொன் (poṉ)
  • Tulu: ಪೊನ್ನು (ponnu)
• South Dravidian II:
  • Telugu: పొన్ను (ponnu)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 530.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “poṉ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.