Where does “ಕನ್ನಡಿಗ” come from?
ಕನ್ನಡಿಗ (Kannada) comes from Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ, from Kannada ನಾಡು, from Old Kannada ನಾಟ, from Proto-Dravidian nāṭu — state, province, district, kingdom.
Ancestry of “ಕನ್ನಡಿಗ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Kannada | ಕನ್ನಡ | Kannada |
| 2 | Kannada | ನಾಡು | land |
| 3 | Old Kannada | ನಾಟ | land |
| 4 | Proto-Dravidian | nāṭu | state, province, district, kingdom |
Words derived from “ಕನ್ನಡಿಗ”