Where does “ಮಳೆಸುರಿತ” come from?

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

ಮಳೆಸುರಿತ (Kannada): rainfall

Definitions

  1. rainfall

Ancestry of “ಮಳೆಸುರಿತ”, step by step

ಮಳೆಸುರಿತ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kannada ಮಳೆ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kannadaಮಳೆrain
2Old Kannadaಮೞೆrain
3Proto-Dravidianmaẓayrain

via Kannada ಸುರಿತ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kannadaಸುರಿತ—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian maẓay →Every word from Old Kannada ಮೞೆ →Every word from Kannada ಮಳೆ →