Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/keruppu

This Proto-Dravidian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Dravidian

Etymology

Compound of *ker +‎ *uppu.

Noun

*keruppu

1. sandal

Descendants

• Central Dravidian:
  • Kolami: కెర్రి (kerri)
  • Southeastern Kolami: కెర్రి (kerri), కెరి (keri), కెరిగ్ (kerig)

• North Dravidian:
  • Kurukh: खर्पा (kharpā)

• South Dravidian:
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Old Kannada: ಕೆರ್ಪು (kerpu), ಕೆರಹು (kerahu), ಕೆರವು (keravu)
      • Kannada: ಕೆರ (kera​), ಕೆರವು (keravu), ಕೆರಹು (kerahu), ಕೆರ್ಪು (kerpu)
    • Tamil-Malayalam:
      • Malayalam: ചെരുപ്പ് (ceruppŭ), ചെരിപ്പ് (cerippŭ)
      • Tamil: செருப்பு (ceruppu)
        • → Malay: cerpu
        • → Sinhalese: සෙරෙප්පුව (sereppuwa)

• South-Central Dravidian:
  • Telugu: చెప్పు (ceppu) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ceruppu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178.
• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 526.