Where does “ಕನ್ನಡ” come from?

ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada) comes from Kannada ನಾಡು, from Old Kannada ನಾಟ, from Proto-Dravidian nāṭu — state, province, district, kingdom.

ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada): Kannada

Definitions

  1. Kannada

Ancestry of “ಕನ್ನಡ”, step by step

ಕನ್ನಡ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kannada ನಾಡು

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kannadaನಾಡುland
2Old Kannadaನಾಟland
3Proto-Dravidiannāṭustate, province, district, kingdom

via Kannada ಕಱೆ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kannadaಕಱೆblackness

Words derived from “ಕನ್ನಡ”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian nāṭu →Every word from Old Kannada ನಾಟ →Every word from Kannada ನಾಡು →