Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/kaṭ-
Proto-Dravidian
Verb
*kaṭ-
- to tie
Descendants
- Unsorted forms
- Malayalam: കട്ടിൽ (kaṭṭil), കട്ടള (kaṭṭaḷa)
- Tamil: கட்டில் (kaṭṭil)
- Telugu: గట్టు (gaṭṭu)
- → Sanskrit: घट्ट (ghaṭṭa), खट्वा (khaṭvā) (see there for further descendants)
References
- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003), The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 526.
- Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “1147”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.