Where does “ಕೇಳ್” come from?

ಕೇಳ್ (Old Kannada) comes from Proto-Dravidian *kēḷ- — to hear, ask.

ಕೇಳ್ (Old Kannada): to hear, listen

Definitions

  1. to hear, listen

Ancestry of “ಕೇಳ್”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidian*kēḷ-to hear, ask
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *kēḷ-