Where does “कोल” come from?

कोल (Sanskrit) comes from Old Kannada ಕೋಲ್, from Proto-Dravidian *kōl — stick, plough-shaft, staff.

कोल (Sanskrit): pepper

Definitions

  1. pepper

Ancestry of “कोल”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Kannadaಕೋಲ್a stick, staff
2Proto-Dravidian*kōlstick, plough-shaft, staff

Words derived from “कोल”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *kōl →Every word from Old Kannada ಕೋಲ್ →