Where does “ಹೆಣ್ಣು” come from?
ಹೆಣ್ಣು (Kannada) comes from Old Kannada ಪೆಣ್, from Proto-Dravidian *peṇ.
ಹೆಣ್ಣು (Kannada): female; girl, woman
Ancestry of “ಹೆಣ್ಣು”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Kannada | ಪೆಣ್ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Dravidian | *peṇ | — |
Words derived from “ಹೆಣ್ಣು”