Where does “ಬಾಯ್” come from?

ಬಾಯ್ (Old Kannada) comes from Proto-Dravidian *wāy — mouth (edge, beak, mouth of vessel, aperture, blade of sword).

ಬಾಯ್ (Old Kannada): the mouth

Definitions

  1. the mouth

Ancestry of “ಬಾಯ್”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidian*wāymouth (edge, beak, mouth of vessel, aperture, blade of sword)
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *wāy
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