Where does “ಉಗುರು” come from?

ಉಗುರು (Kannada) comes from Proto-Dravidian ukir, from Proto-Austronesian *bukij — mountain.

ಉಗುರು (Kannada): nail

Definitions

  1. nail

Ancestry of “ಉಗುರು”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidianukirfingernail
2Proto-Austronesian*bukijmountain
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *bukij →Every word from Proto-Dravidian ukir →