Where does “చెవుడు” come from?
చెవుడు (Telugu) comes from Telugu అవుడు, from Telugu -డు, from Telugu అక్షతుడు, from Sanskrit अक्षत, from Sanskrit अ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian a-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
చెవుడు (Telugu): deafness
Definitions
- deafness
Ancestry of “చెవుడు”, step by step
చెవుడు traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Telugu అవుడు
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telugu | అవుడు | disability, crippleness, deformity |
| 2 | Telugu | -డు | The suffix used as to denote the first case in... |
| 3 | Telugu | అక్షతుడు | eunuch |
| 4 | Sanskrit | अक्षत | not crushed; uninjured, unbroken, whole; eunuch |
| 5 | Sanskrit | अ- | un-, not; Used in the formation of imperfect,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | a- | un-, a- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
via Telugu చెవి
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telugu | చెవి | ear; key |
| 2 | Portuguese | Chave | key object that opens and closes a lock |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | chave | key |
| 4 | Latin | clāvis | a key |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κλείς | Something used to lock/unlock: key, bolt, bar; A... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | klāwī́ds | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kleh₂u- | nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for... |