Where does “ಹಿತ್ತಾಳೆ” come from?

ಹಿತ್ತಾಳೆ (Kannada) comes from Halegannada ಪಿತ್ತಳೆ, from Sanskrit पित्तल, from Sanskrit -ल, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

ಹಿತ್ತಾಳೆ (Kannada): brass

Definitions

  1. brass

Ancestry of “ಹಿತ್ತಾಳೆ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Halegannadaಪಿತ್ತಳೆ—
2Sanskritपित्तलbrass
3Sanskrit-लan adjectival or nominal suffix: relating to, belonging to, having, similar to, etc
4Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Sanskrit -ल →Every word from Sanskrit पित्तल →