Where does “ಎರ್ತು” come from?

ಎರ್ತು (Middle Kannada) comes from Old Kannada ಎೞ್ತು, from Proto-Dravidian *erutu — ox.

ಎರ್ತು (Middle Kannada): ox, bullock

Definitions

  1. ox, bullock

Ancestry of “ಎರ್ತು”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Kannadaಎೞ್ತುan ox, a bullock
2Proto-Dravidian*erutuox
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *erutu →Every word from Old Kannada ಎೞ್ತು →