Where does “ಕಳ್ಳು” come from?

ಕಳ್ಳು (Kannada) comes from Old Kannada ಕಳ್, from Proto-Dravidian *kaḷ.

ಕಳ್ಳು (Kannada): toddy

Definitions

  1. toddy

Ancestry of “ಕಳ್ಳು”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Kannadaಕಳ್toddy
2Proto-Dravidian*kaḷ—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *kaḷ →Every word from Old Kannada ಕಳ್ →