Where does “ಮದ್ದು” come from?

ಮದ್ದು (Kannada) comes from Old Kannada ಮರ್ದು, from Proto-Dravidian *maruntu — medicine.

ಮದ್ದು (Kannada): medicine, drug, curative, physic, remedy, medication

Definitions

  1. medicine, drug, curative, physic, remedy, medication

Ancestry of “ಮದ್ದು”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Kannadaಮರ್ದುdrug, medicine
2Proto-Dravidian*maruntumedicine

Words derived from “ಮದ್ದು”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *maruntu →Every word from Old Kannada ಮರ್ದು →