Where does “ఎవడు” come from?

ఎవడు (Telugu) comes from Telugu వాడు, from Proto-Dravidian avanru.

ఎవడు (Telugu): who

Definitions

  1. who

Ancestry of “ఎవడు”, step by step

ఎవడు traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu వాడు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguవాడుhe; that man; to use, make use of, employ
2Proto-Dravidianavanru—

via Telugu ఏ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఏinterrogative adjective; which, what
2Proto-Dravidian*yā—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian avanru →Every word from Telugu వాడు →