Where does “నీవు” come from?

నీవు (Telugu) comes from Proto-Dravidian *nīm — you all, y'all.

నీవు (Telugu): you; second person nominative singular/informal pronoun

Definitions

  1. you; second person nominative singular/informal pronoun

Ancestry of “నీవు”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidian*nīmyou all, y'all
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *nīm