Where does “ಉಸಿರಾಡು” come from?

ಉಸಿರಾಡು (Kannada) comes from Kannada ಉಸಿರು, from Proto-Dravidian *ucV- — to breathe.

ಉಸಿರಾಡು (Kannada): to respire

Definitions

  1. to respire

Ancestry of “ಉಸಿರಾಡು”, step by step

ಉಸಿರಾಡು traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kannada ಉಸಿರು

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kannadaಉಸಿರುbreath
2Proto-Dravidian*ucV-to breathe

via Kannada ಆಡು

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kannadaಆಡುa goat
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