English
goondagiri
Goondagiri comes from Hindi गुंडागिरी, from गुंडा ‘hoodlum, hooligan’, and ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kō ‘mountain’.
- Proto-Dravidianprehistoric (reconstructed)*kō‘mountain’reconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEगोण्ड‘Gond’
- Prakritmodern𑀕𑁄𑀁𑀟‘jungle’
- Hindic. 1500–presentगुंडाguṇḍā‘hoodlum, hooligan’
- Hindi, derivedc. 1500–presentगुंडागिरीguṇḍāgirī
- Englishearliest quotation 2018goondagiri
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Dravidianprehistoric (reconstructed)*kō‘mountain’reconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEगोण्ड‘Gond’
- Prakritmodern𑀕𑁄𑀁𑀟‘jungle’
- Hindic. 1500–presentगुंडाguṇḍā‘hoodlum, hooligan’
- Hindi, derivedc. 1500–presentगुंडागिरीguṇḍāgirī
- Englishearliest quotation 2018goondagiri
Earliest quotation: 2018, PTI: “Kumar said the party launched the yatra to say…”
The story
Borrowed from Hindi गुंडागिरी (guṇḍāgirī), from गुंडा (guṇḍā, “hoodlum, hooligan”) + -गिरी (-girī, “suffix meaning ‘the act of; doing’”).
Every English word from Proto-Dravidian *kō
Today it means
noun Thuggery, goondaism.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Dravidian *kō / goondagiri