Where does “పోరుపెట్టు” come from?

పోరుపెట్టు (Telugu) comes from Telugu పోరు, from Proto-Dravidian pōr — fight, battle.

పోరుపెట్టు (Telugu): To tease, to plague; To cry aloud

Definitions

  1. To tease, to plague; To cry aloud

Ancestry of “పోరుపెట్టు”, step by step

పోరుపెట్టు traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu పోరు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TeluguపోరుTo fight, struggle, quarrel; A fight, combat,...
2Proto-Dravidianpōrfight, battle

via Telugu పెట్టు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguపెట్టుto put; to lay; to give
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