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Where does “తేనెటీగ” come from?

తేనెటీగ (Telugu) comes from Telugu తేనె, from Proto-Dravidian *tiyam.

తేనెటీగ (Telugu): honeybee

Definitions

  1. honeybee

Ancestry of “తేనెటీగ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguతేనెhoney
2Proto-Dravidian*tiyam—
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