Where does “ಮಳೆ” come from?

ಮಳೆ (Kannada) comes from Old Kannada ಮೞೆ, from Proto-Dravidian maẓay — rain.

ಮಳೆ (Kannada): rain

Definitions

  1. rain

Ancestry of “ಮಳೆ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Kannadaಮೞೆrain
2Proto-Dravidianmaẓayrain

Words derived from “ಮಳೆ”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian maẓay →Every word from Old Kannada ಮೞೆ →
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