Where does “ఆవుదూడ” come from?

ఆవుదూడ (Telugu) comes from Telugu ఆవు, from Proto-Dravidian *ā — cow.

ఆవుదూడ (Telugu): a baby cow

Definitions

  1. a baby cow

Ancestry of “ఆవుదూడ”, step by step

ఆవుదూడ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu ఆవు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఆవుcow
2Proto-Dravidian*ācow

via Telugu దూడ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguదూడcalf, as in a baby cow
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *ā →Every word from Telugu ఆవు →