Where does “ಮದ್ದುಗ” come from?

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

ಮದ್ದುಗ (Kannada): chemist, druggist

Definitions

  1. chemist, druggist

Ancestry of “ಮದ್ದುಗ”, step by step

ಮದ್ದುಗ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kannada ಮದ್ದು

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kannadaಮದ್ದುmedicine, drug, curative, physic, remedy, medication
2Old Kannadaಮರ್ದುdrug, medicine
3Proto-Dravidian*maruntumedicine

via Kannada ಗ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KannadaಗThe Kannada letter ga
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *maruntu →Every word from Old Kannada ಮರ್ದು →Every word from Kannada ಮದ್ದು →