Where does “ఊరేగు” come from?

ఊరేగు (Telugu) comes from Telugu ఊరు, from Proto-Dravidian ūr — village, habitation.

ఊరేగు (Telugu): To go through a village or town

Definitions

  1. To go through a village or town

Ancestry of “ఊరేగు”, step by step

ఊరేగు traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu ఊరు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TeluguఊరుA village, town; to ooze, exude, spring, leak out...
2Proto-Dravidianūrvillage, habitation

via Telugu ఏగు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఏగుto go

Words derived from “ఊరేగు

Every word from Proto-Dravidian ūrEvery word from Telugu ఊరు
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