Where does “ఉప్పుతిను” come from?

ఉప్పుతిను (Telugu) comes from Telugu తిను, from Proto-Dravidian *tiHn — to eat.

ఉప్పుతిను (Telugu): to eat salt

Definitions

  1. to eat salt

Ancestry of “ఉప్పుతిను”, step by step

ఉప్పుతిను traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu తిను

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguతినుto eat; To suffer or undergo
2Proto-Dravidian*tiHnto eat

via Telugu ఉప్పు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఉప్పుsalt
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *tiHn →Every word from Telugu తిను →