Where does “ಹೆಣ್ಣು” come from?

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

ಹೆಣ್ಣು (Kannada): female; girl, woman

Definitions

  1. female; girl, woman

Ancestry of “ಹೆಣ್ಣು”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Kannadaಪೆಣ್a female, woman
2Proto-Dravidian*peṇ—

Words derived from “ಹೆಣ್ಣು”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *peṇ →Every word from Old Kannada ಪೆಣ್ →
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