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Turner and some earlier sources argue for a borrowing from Dravidian (compare modern Tamilகுடாரி(kuṭāri, “axe”)). However, Burrow convincingly showed that the Dravidian terms cannot be original (due to unusual vowel length in the Tamil and Malayalam terms) and are likely borrowed or derived from Sanskrit.[1]
Proponents of Fortunatov's law have supported inheritance from Proto-Indo-European*kl̥tḗr, with Latinculter(“butcher's knife”) as a cognate. Burrow compares Sanskritकुलिश(kuliśa, “axe”) as evidence for a root *kul-. However, the formation of the Indo-European source is unusual and the aspiration in the Sanskrit word is still unexplained.
^ Burrow, Thomas (1972) “A Reconsideration of Fortunatov's Law”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, volume 35, number 3, page 540 of 531–545
Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 254