Examples: cartography card archaeology archetype monarchy legal loyal purse personal cinema kinase car carpenter hippopotamus Mesopotamia dative data date
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Proto-Dravidian *nīr

→ Badaga நீரு (inherited)
→ Brahui دیر (mention)
→ Kannada ನೀರು (inherited)
→ Malayalam നീര് (inherited)
→ Old Tamil 𑀦𑀻𑀭𑁆 (inherited)
→ Sanskrit नीर (borrowed)
→ Tamil நீர் (inherited)
→ Tulu ನೀರ್ (inherited)
→ Telugu నీరు (inherited)