Where does “ఏడుగురు” come from?

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

ఏడుగురు (Telugu): seven persons

Definitions

  1. seven persons

Ancestry of “ఏడుగురు”, step by step

ఏడుగురు traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu ఏడు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఏడు7; seven; year
2Proto-Dravidianēr̤useven

via Telugu గురు

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