Where does “ಮೀನು” come from?

ಮೀನು (Kannada) comes from Old Kannada ಮೀನ್, from Proto-Dravidian mīn — fish.

ಮೀನು (Kannada): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “ಮೀನು”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Kannadaಮೀನ್fish
2Proto-Dravidianmīnfish
Every word from Proto-Dravidian mīn →Every word from Old Kannada ಮೀನ್ →