English
Veddoid
From Vedda + -oid.
Formed from Vedda + -oid
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- ‘to chase’
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Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHti ‘to chase, pursue’
Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáyti
Sanskrit वेति ‘hunt’
Sinhalese වැද්දා ‘hunter’
English Vedda
Today it means
noun A subtype of the Australoid race which includes the Vedda people of South India and others.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Veddoid