Where does “చేతులెత్తు” come from?

చేతులెత్తు (Telugu) comes from Telugu ఎత్తు — To take up, raise, lift up.

చేతులెత్తు (Telugu): Put your hands up; Surrender !

Definitions

  1. Put your hands up; Surrender !

Ancestry of “చేతులెత్తు”, step by step

చేతులెత్తు traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu ఎత్తు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఎత్తుTo take up, raise, lift up

via Telugu చేతులు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguచేతులుplural of చేయి
Every word from Telugu ఎత్తు