Where does “ఉప్పుచేప” come from?

ఉప్పుచేప (Telugu) comes from Telugu చేప, from Proto-Dravidian *kayVl — fish.

ఉప్పుచేప (Telugu): A salted fish

Definitions

  1. A salted fish

Ancestry of “ఉప్పుచేప”, step by step

ఉప్పుచేప traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu చేప

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguచేపfish
2Proto-Dravidian*kayVlfish

via Telugu ఉప్పు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఉప్పుsalt
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *kayVl →Every word from Telugu చేప →
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