Where does “ఈరేడు” come from?

ఈరేడు (Telugu) comes from Telugu ఏడు, from Proto-Dravidian ēr̤u — seven.

ఈరేడు (Telugu): Twice seven, fourteen

Definitions

  1. Twice seven, fourteen

Ancestry of “ఈరేడు”, step by step

ఈరేడు traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu ఏడు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఏడు7; seven; year
2Proto-Dravidianēr̤useven

via Telugu ఈరు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TeluguఈరుA nit, egg of a louse
Every word from Proto-Dravidian ēr̤uEvery word from Telugu ఏడు
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