Where does “పదియేడు” come from?

పదియేడు (Telugu) comes from Telugu ఏడు, from Proto-Dravidian ēr̤u — seven.

పదియేడు (Telugu): seventeen

Definitions

  1. seventeen

Ancestry of “పదియేడు”, step by step

పదియేడు traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu ఏడు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఏడు7; seven; year
2Proto-Dravidianēr̤useven

via Telugu పది

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguపది10; ten
Every word from Proto-Dravidian ēr̤u →Every word from Telugu ఏడు →