Where does “ನಾಡು” come from?

ನಾಡು (Kannada) comes from Old Kannada ನಾಟ, from Proto-Dravidian nāṭu — state, province, district, kingdom.

ನಾಡು (Kannada): land

Definitions

  1. land

Ancestry of “ನಾಡು”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Kannadaನಾಟland
2Proto-Dravidiannāṭustate, province, district, kingdom

Words derived from “ನಾಡು”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian nāṭu →Every word from Old Kannada ನಾಟ →