Where does “ఏవి” come from?

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

ఏవి (Telugu): which

Definitions

  1. which

Ancestry of “ఏవి”, step by step

ఏవి traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu ఏ

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

via Telugu అవి

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఅవిthose
2Proto-Dravidiana-that, that there
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