Where does “ಚೇಳು” come from?
ಚೇಳು (Kannada) comes from Old Kannada ತೇಳು, from Proto-Dravidian tēḷ — scorpion.
ಚೇಳು (Kannada): a scorpion
Ancestry of “ಚೇಳು”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Kannada | ತೇಳು | a scorpion |
| 2 | Proto-Dravidian | tēḷ | scorpion |