Where does “ఎప్పుడు” come from?

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

ఎప్పుడు (Telugu): when

Definitions

  1. when

Ancestry of “ఎప్పుడు”, step by step

ఎప్పుడు traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu ఏ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఏinterrogative adjective; which, what
2Proto-Dravidian*yā—

via Telugu పొద్దు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguపొద్దు—

Words derived from “ఎప్పుడు”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *yā →Every word from Telugu ఏ →