Where does “ఏడుకొండలు” come from?

ఏడుకొండలు (Telugu) comes from Telugu ఏడు, from Proto-Dravidian ēr̤u — seven.

ఏడుకొండలు (Telugu): the seven hills of Tirumala

Definitions

  1. the seven hills of Tirumala

Ancestry of “ఏడుకొండలు”, step by step

ఏడుకొండలు traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu ఏడు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఏడు7; seven; year
2Proto-Dravidianēr̤useven

via Telugu కొండలు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguకొండలు—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian ēr̤u →Every word from Telugu ఏడు →