Telugu · noun

కన్ను

kannu‘organ of sight’
simplex — no productive affix

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
eye
eye
French
œil
œil
Hindi
आँखā̃kh
आँख
Telugu
కన్నుkannu
కన్ను
Tamil
கண்kaṇ
கண்
  • கண்Tamil⟷కన్నుTelugu· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor

How the graph explains it

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  1. 01కన్ను (kannu) is a Telugu noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
    • rulerule:simplex
  2. 02Its meaning ('organ of sight') can be approximated as HAVE(PART, BODY, SEE) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.4 steps
  3. 03కన్ను is inherited from Reconstructed:Proto-Dravidian *kaṇ ‘eye’ (confidence 0.70).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:eye-pdr-te0.70
    • sourcededr0.70
  4. 04కన్ను is cognate with ta கண் (confidence 0.70).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:eye-cog-ta-te0.70
    • sourcededr0.70
  5. 05Aligned forms: English eye (translation equivalent); French œil (translation equivalent); Hindi आँख (ā̃kh) (translation equivalent); Tamil கண் (kaṇ) (cognate).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment

Where it came from

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  1. *kaṇReconstructed:Proto-Dravidian— inherited →కన్ను accepted
    dedr0.70
  2. கண்Tamil— cognate →కన్ను accepted
    dedr0.70