Where does “కొండవీడు” come from?

కొండవీడు (Telugu) comes from Telugu వీడు, from Proto-Dravidian *wiṭu — to leave.

కొండవీడు (Telugu): a hill town

Definitions

  1. a hill town

Ancestry of “కొండవీడు”, step by step

కొండవీడు traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu వీడు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguవీడుhe; this man; town, city
2Proto-Dravidian*wiṭuto leave

via Telugu కొండ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguకొండhill
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *wiṭu →Every word from Telugu వీడు →
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