Where does “ಹಲಸು” come from?

ಹಲಸು (Kannada) comes from Old Kannada ಪಲಸು, from Proto-Dravidian *palacV — jackfruit.

ಹಲಸು (Kannada): the jackfruit

Definitions

  1. the jackfruit

Ancestry of “ಹಲಸು”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Kannadaಪಲಸುjackfruit
2Proto-Dravidian*palacVjackfruit
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *palacV →Every word from Old Kannada ಪಲಸು →