Where does “ఎంతమంది” come from?

ఎంతమంది (Telugu) comes from Telugu ఎంత, from Telugu ఏ, from Proto-Dravidian *yā.

ఎంతమంది (Telugu): how many persons?

Definitions

  1. how many persons?

Ancestry of “ఎంతమంది”, step by step

ఎంతమంది traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu ఎంత

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఎంతhow much; how many
2Teluguఏinterrogative adjective; which, what
3Proto-Dravidian*yā—

via Telugu మంద

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguమందherd of cattle
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *yā →Every word from Telugu ఏ →Every word from Telugu ఎంత →