Where does “ఇంటావిడ” come from?
ఇంటావిడ (Telugu) comes from Telugu ఆవిడ, from Telugu ఆ, from Proto-Dravidian a- — that, that there.
ఇంటావిడ (Telugu): housewife
Ancestry of “ఇంటావిడ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Telugu | ఆవిడ | she, that woman: as opposed ఈవిడ |
| 2 | Telugu | ఆ | Abbreviation of ఆటవెలది; the letter |
| 3 | Proto-Dravidian | a- | that, that there |