Where does “Tollywood” come from?

Tollywood (English) comes from English Hollywood, from English Wood, from English Frog, from Portuguese froco, from Latin floccus, from Frankish flokko, from Proto-Germanic *flukkô, from Proto-Indo-European plewk- — to fly, flow, run.

Tollywood (English): The Telugu film industry located in Hyderabad, India

Definitions

  1. The Telugu film industry located in Hyderabad, India

Ancestry of “Tollywood”, step by step

Tollywood traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English Hollywood

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHollywoodResembling or relating to the Hollywood movie...
2EnglishWoodAn English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood
3EnglishFrogAlternative form of frog
4Portuguesefrocoflock
5Latinfloccustuft, wisp of wool
6Frankishflokkodown, wool, flock
7Proto-Germanic*flukkô
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
9Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via English Telugu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTeluguA member of the people who speak the Telugu...
2TeluguతెలుగుA Telugu speaking man or woman; A Telugu word
3Proto-Dravidiantensouth

via English Tollygunge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTollygunge
2Bengaliটালিগঞ্জ

Words derived from “Tollywood

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew-