Where does “ಹೋತ” come from?

ಹೋತ (Kannada) comes from Proto-Dravidian *pōntt- — male of an animal/bird.

ಹೋತ (Kannada): a he-goat

Definitions

  1. a he-goat

Ancestry of “ಹೋತ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidian*pōntt-male of an animal/bird
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *pōntt-
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