Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/kuḷ-

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

*kuḷ-

lake

Descendants

South-Central Dravidian:
- Gondi-Kui:
  - Gondi: कोल (kol)
- Telugu: కొలను (kolanu), కొల్లు (kollu)
Southern Dravidian:
- Tamil-Kannada:
  - Tamil: குளம் (kuḷam)
  - Kannada: ಕೊಳ (koḷa)
  - Malayalam: കുളം (kuḷaṁ)
- Tulu: ಕುಳ (kuḷa)
→ Sanskrit: कूल (kūla, “pond, pool”)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 523.
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “kuḷam”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 165.

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