Where does “ఎయ్యది” come from?

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

ఎయ్యది (Telugu): which

Definitions

  1. which

Ancestry of “ఎయ్యది”, step by step

ఎయ్యది traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu

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

via Telugu అది

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఅదిnon-masculine third-person singular distal...
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *yāEvery word from Telugu