Where does “పిల్లిచేప” come from?

పిల్లిచేప (Telugu) comes from Telugu చేప, from Proto-Dravidian *kayVl — fish.

పిల్లిచేప (Telugu): catfish: any fish of the order Siluriformes, that...

Definitions

  1. catfish: any fish of the order Siluriformes, that...

Ancestry of “పిల్లిచేప”, step by step

పిల్లిచేప traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu చేప

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguచేపfish
2Proto-Dravidian*kayVlfish

via Telugu పిల్లి

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguపిల్లిcat
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *kayVl →Every word from Telugu చేప →