Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/paḷḷi

This Proto-Dravidian entry contains reconstructed words 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

Nostraticists have connected this word to Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁- (“city, fortification”) (Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”), Sanskrit पुर (pura, “city”)) and Proto-Ugric *palɣɜ (“village”) (Hungarian falu, Mansi па̄вэл (pāvèl)), deriving all from Proto-Nostratic *pʰal ("village, settlement").

Noun

*paḷḷi

family, household
(later Dravidian) village, hut

Descendants

South Dravidian:
- South-Central Zone:
  - Telugu: పల్లి (palli)
- Tulu: ಪಳ್ಳಿ (paḷḷi)
- Tamil-Kannada: *paḷḷi
  - Kannada: ಹಳ್ಳಿ (haḷḷi)
    - → Tulu: ಹಳ್ಳಿ (haḷḷi)
  - Tamil-Kodagu:
    - Kodava: ಪಳ್ಳಿ (paḷḷi)
    - Tamil-Malayalam: *paḷḷi
      - Tamil: பள்ளி (paḷḷi)
      - Malayalam: പള്ളി (paḷḷi)
Northern Dravidian: *pallī
- Duruwa: पल्लि (palli)
- Kurukh: पल्ली (pallī)
→ Sanskrit: पल्लि (palli, “settlement of wild tribes; village”)

References

Thomas Burrow; Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984), “paḷḷi”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford [Oxfordshire]: Clarendon Press

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