Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/nāṭu

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

*nāṭu

country, place, land, state, province, district, kingdom

Derived terms

Konda-Dora: నాటన్ (nāṭan)
Kui (India): ନା୕ଟକି (nāṭoki)
Pengo: ନା୕ଟାକାନ୍ (nāṭakan)
Old Tamil: 𑀦𑀸𑀝𑀷𑁆 (nāṭaṉ)
- Tamil: நாடன் (nāṭaṉ)
- Malayalam: നാടൻ (nāṭaṉ)
Tamil: நாடி (nāṭi), நாடவர் (nāṭavar), நாட்டம் (nāṭṭam), நாட்டார் (nāṭṭār), நாட்டான் (nāṭṭāṉ)

Descendants

South Dravidian I:
- Tamil-Kannada:
  - Old Kannada: ನಾಟ (nāṭa)
    - Kannada: ನಾಡು (nāḍu)
    - → Marathi: नाट (nāṭ)
  - Kodava: ನಾಡು (nāḍu)
  - Old Tamil: 𑀦𑀸𑀝𑀼 (nāṭu)
    - Malayalam: നാട് (nāṭŭ)
    - Tamil: நாடு (nāṭu)
      - → Hindi: नाडु (nāḍu)
- Tulu: ನಾಡ್ (nāḍŭ), ನಾಡು (nāḍu)
South Dravidian II:
- Gondi-Kui: *nāṭu ~ *nāṯu
  - Gondi: నార్ (nār)
  - Konda-Dora: [script needed] (nāṟu)
  - Kui-Kuvi:
    - Kui (India): ନା୕ଯୁ (nāju), ନା୕ଟୋ (nāṭo)
    - Kuvi: ନାଇୟୂ (naiyū), ନା୕ୟୁ (nāyu)
  - Manda (India): ନା୕ୟ୍ (nāy)
  - Pengo: ନାସ୍ (nas), [script needed] (nāz)
- Telugu: నాడు (nāḍu)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003), The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 528.
Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “nāṭu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 321.