Where does “ಚೇಳು” come from?

ಚೇಳು (Kannada) comes from Old Kannada ತೇಳು, from Proto-Dravidian tēḷ — scorpion.

ಚೇಳು (Kannada): a scorpion

Definitions

  1. a scorpion

Ancestry of “ಚೇಳು”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Kannadaತೇಳುa scorpion
2Proto-Dravidiantēḷscorpion
Every word from Proto-Dravidian tēḷ →Every word from Old Kannada ತೇಳು →
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