Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/kāl

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

*kāl

leg

Descendants

Central Dravidian:
- Duruwa: [script needed] (kēl)
- Kolami: కాల్ (kāl)
- Ollari: కాల్ (kāl)

Northern Dravidian:
- >? Brahui: ترکل (trikkal, “tripod of three sticks on which tent is hung”) (compare Tamil முக்காலி (mukkāli))

Southern Dravidian:
- Tamil-Kannada:
  - Kannada: ಕಾಲು (kālu)
  - Tamil-Kodagu:
    - Kodava: ಕಾಲು (kālu)
    - Kota (India): கால் (kāl)
    - Toda: கோல்
    - Tamil-Malayalam:
      - Malayalam: കാല് (kālŭ)
      - Tamil: கால் (kāl)
- Tulu: ಕಾರ್ (kārŭ), ಕಾಲ್ (kālŭ)

South-Central Dravidian:
- Telugu: కాలు (kālu)
- Gondi-Kui:
  - Gondi: కాల్ (kāl)
  - Konda-Dora: కాల్ (kāl)
  - Manda-Kui:
    - Manda (India): କା୕ଲ୍ (kāl)
    - Pengo: କା୕ଲ୍ (kāl)
    - Kui (India): କା୕ଡୁ (kāḍu)
    - Kuvi: କା୕ଲ୍ (kāl)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003), The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 484.
Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “1479”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.