Where does “ಉಗುರ್” come from?

ಉಗುರ್ (Old Kannada) comes from Proto-Dravidian ukir, from Proto-Austronesian *bukij — mountain.

ಉಗುರ್ (Old Kannada): nail, claw

Definitions

  1. nail, claw

Ancestry of “ಉಗುರ್”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidianukirfingernail
2Proto-Austronesian*bukijmountain
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *bukij →Every word from Proto-Dravidian ukir →