Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/weṇṇey

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

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *weḷ (“white”) + *ney (“oil, ghee”).

Noun

*weṇṇey

1. butter

Descendants

• South Dravidian:
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Kannada: ಬೆಣ್ಣೆ (beṇṇe), ಬೆಣ್ಣಿ (beṇṇi)
    • Tamil-Kodagu:
      • Kodava: boṇṇe ney

        Kannada script: ಬೊಣ್ಣೆ ನೆಯ್

        Malayalam script: ബൊണ്ണെ നെയ്

      • Tamil-Malayalam:
        • Malayalam: വെണ്ണ (veṇṇa)
        • Tamil: வெண்ணெய் (veṇṇey)
      • Toda-Kota:
        • Kota (India): வெண் (veṇ)
        • Toda: [script needed] (peṇ)
  • Tulu: boṇṇe

    Kannada script: ಬೊಣ್ಣೆ

    Malayalam script: ബൊണ്ണെ

• South-Central Dravidian:
  • Telugu: వెన్న (venna)

Further reading

• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “veḷ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 499.