Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/tēḷ

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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

Noun

*tēḷ

scorpion

Descendants

North:
- Kumarbhag Paharia: (téle)
- Brahui: تیڷ (teł), تیل (tel)

Southern:
- Tamil-Kannada:
  - Old Kannada: ತೇಳು (tēḷu)
    - Kannada: ಚೇಳು (cēḷu)
  - Tamil-Kodaga:
    - Kodava: ತೇಳು (tēḷu)
    - Tamil-Malayalam:
      - Malayalam: തേൾ (tēḷ)
      - Tamil: தேள் (tēḷ)
- Tulu: ಚೇಳ್ (cēḷŭ), ತೇಳ್ (tēḷŭ), ತೇಲ್ (tēlŭ)

South-Central:
- Telugu: తేలు (tēlu)

References

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

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