Where does “కొట్టము” come from?

కొట్టము (Telugu) comes from Proto-Dravidian *kōṭṭay.

కొట్టము (Telugu): a pent roofed chamber or house as distinguished from మిద్దె which is flat-roofed

Definitions

  1. a pent roofed chamber or house as distinguished from మిద్దె which is flat-roofed

Ancestry of “కొట్టము”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidian*kōṭṭay
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *kōṭṭay