Proto-South Dravidian : *paḍ-
Meaning : to die; to fall
Tamil : paṭu (paṭuv-, paṭṭ-)
Tamil meaning : to perish, die, set (as a heavenly body), rain
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to lay horizontally, pave, spread out (as bedding), kill, cast down, fell; lie down to sleep or otherwise, roost (as birds); adj. base, low; paṭu-ñāyir_u setting sun; paṭukkai lying down, bed; paṭai bed; layer, stratum; pāṭu lying prostrate, fall, sleep, death, ruin, loss, disaster; pāṭai bier; pāṭṭam shower of rain
Malayalam : paṭuka (paṭṭ-)
Malayalam meaning : to fall, sink
Malayalam derivates : paṭukka to lay stones, build (chiefly a well, tank); piss; lie down; n. bed; paṭa layer in mud walls, course of bricks; paṭavu laying stones, pavement; paṭuppu, paṭappu bed, mat; paṭiññār_u west; pāṭu falling, falling into one's power; peṭuka(peṭṭ-) to fall, get into or under; peṭukka to piss
Kannada : paḍu (paṭṭ-)
Kannada meaning : to lie down, set (as the sun), be spent (as the day), have sexual intercourse, die; n. setting, the west, dying
Kannada derivates : paḍu-nēsar_ the setting sun; paḍuva, paḍaval, paḍuval, paḍuvu the west; paḍal lying or falling down; pāṭu falling, a fall, a declining state, ebb of the tide; pāṭi downfall, ruin
Kodagu : paḍ- (paḍuv-, paṭṭ-)
Kodagu meaning : to lie fallow
Kodagu derivates : paḍɨt- (paḍɨti-) to let lie fallow, (Kar. also) send (child) to sleep; paḍɨ-būmi fallow land; paḍi-ñārɨ west
Tulu : paḍa
Tulu meaning : placing or laying
Tulu derivates : paḍḍā̆yi the west
Notes : Tamil, Kan. pāṭu could point to an original *pāṭ- for this root.
Number in DED : 3852