Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/weḷ

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

Alternative forms

*weṇ (before nasals)

Noun

*weḷ[1][2]

white

Descendants

*weḷ-ay
- Kannada: ಬಿಳಿ (biḷi, “white”)
- Malayalam: വെള്ള (veḷḷa, “white”)
- Tamil: வெள்ளை (veḷḷai, “white”)
- Telugu: వెలి (veli, “white”)

*weḷ-may
- Tamil: வெண்மை (veṇmai)
- Malayalam: വെണ്മ (veṇma)

*weḷ-i
- Kannada: ಬೆಳ್ಳಿ (beḷḷi, “silver”)
- Malayalam: വെള്ളി (veḷḷi, “silver”)
- Tamil: வெள்ளி (veḷḷi, “silver, whiteness, venus, star”)
- Telugu: వెండి (veṇḍi, “silver”), వెళ్ళి (veḷḷi)

*weḷ-am
- Tamil: வெள்ளம் (veḷḷam)
- Malayalam: വെള്ളം (veḷḷaṃ, “water”)
- Kannada: ಬೆಳ್ಳ (beḷḷa)
- Tulu: ವೆಳ್ಳಂ (veḷḷaṃ)

*weḷ-ney (“butter”)
- Tamil: வெண்ணெய் (veṇṇey)
- Malayalam: വെണ്ണ (veṇṇa)
- Kannada: ಬೆಣ್ಣೆ (beṇṇe), ಬೆಣ್ಣಿ (beṇṇi)
- Telugu: వెన్న (venna)

Unsorted formations

Tamil: விளக்கு (viḷakku, “lamp”), வெளிச்சம் (veḷiccam)
Malayalam: വിളക്ക് (viḷakkŭ, “lamp”), വെളിച്ചം (veḷiccaṃ)
Telugu: వెలుగు (velugu, “light”)
Kannada: ಬೆಳ (beḷa), ಬೆಳಕು (beḷaku, “light”)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 9, 391.
Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “veḷ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 499.

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[1] Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 9, 391.

[2] Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “veḷ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 499.