Where does “kuda adu” come from?

kuda adu (Sundanese) comes from Sundanese kuda, from Tamil குதிரை, from Proto-Dravidian *kut-ir-ay.

kuda adu (Sundanese): racehorse

Definitions

  1. racehorse

Ancestry of “kuda adu”, step by step

kuda adu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sundanese kuda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sundanesekudahorse
2Tamilகுதிரைhorse; knight
3Proto-Dravidian*kut-ir-ay—

via Sundanese adu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sundaneseadu—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *kut-ir-ay →Every word from Tamil குதிரை →Every word from Sundanese kuda →