Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/ñān

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

Back formed from the 1PL incl. pronoun *ñām making a parallel to *yĀn.

Pronoun

*ñān

I (1SG personal pronoun)

Descendants

Southern:
- Tamil-Kannada:
  - Kannada: ನಾನು (nānu)
  - Tamil-Kodagu:
    - Kodava: ನಾನು (nānu)
    - Tamil-Malayalam:
      - Malayalam: ഞാൻ (ñāṉ)
      - Tamil: நான் (nāṉ)
        Pattapu: నాను
South-Central:
- Gondi: నన్నా (nannā), ననా (nanā), నన (nana)
- Konda-Dora: నాను (nānu), నాన్ (nān)
- Kuvi: ନା୕ନୁ (nānu)
- Telugu: నేను (nēnu)

References

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

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