Where does “ఏవాడు” come from?

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

ఏవాడు (Telugu): Who, what man?

Definitions

  1. Who, what man?

Ancestry of “ఏవాడు”, step by step

ఏవాడు 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 →