Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/wāḷ

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

*wāḷ

1. sword

Descendants

• South I:
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Kannada: ಬಾಳು (bāḷu)
    • Kodava: ಬಾಳು (bāḷu)
    • Kota (India): வாள் (vāḷ)
    • Tamil-Malayalam:
      • Malayalam: വാൾ (vāḷ), വാളൻ (vāḷaṉ)
      • Tamil: வாள் (vāḷ), வாளம் (vāḷam), வாளி (vāḷi)
  • Tulu: ಬಾಳ್ (bāḷŭ), ಬಾಲ್ (bālŭ)
  • → Sanskrit: करवाल (karavāla)
  • → Sanskrit: तरवारि (taravāri)
• South II:
  • Telugu: వాలు (vālu), వాలిక (vālika)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 531.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “vāḷ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.