Where does “ಹೆಂಡತಿ” come from?

ಹೆಂಡತಿ (Kannada) comes from Kannada ಹೆಣ್ಣು, from Old Kannada ಪೆಣ್, from Proto-Dravidian *peṇ.

ಹೆಂಡತಿ (Kannada): a wife

Definitions

  1. a wife

Ancestry of “ಹೆಂಡತಿ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kannadaಹೆಣ್ಣುfemale; girl, woman
2Old Kannadaಪೆಣ್a female, woman
3Proto-Dravidian*peṇ—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *peṇ →Every word from Old Kannada ಪೆಣ್ →Every word from Kannada ಹೆಣ್ಣು →
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