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
Ancestry of “ಕನ್ನಡ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Kannada | ನಾಡು | land |
| 2 | Old Kannada | ನಾಟ | land |
| 3 | Proto-Dravidian | nāṭu | state, province, district, kingdom |
Words derived from “ಕನ್ನಡ”