Where does “ಹನಿ” come from?

ಹನಿ (Kannada) comes from Proto-Dravidian *panī(kil) — dew, cold, chill.

ಹನಿ (Kannada): drop (of water, dew, etc.)

Definitions

  1. drop (of water, dew, etc.)

Ancestry of “ಹನಿ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidian*panī(kil)dew, cold, chill
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *panī(kil)