Where does “బీరపువ్వు” come from?

బీరపువ్వు (Telugu) comes from Telugu పువ్వు, from Dravidian *pū.

బీరపువ్వు (Telugu): the flower of sharp-angled cucumber

Definitions

  1. the flower of sharp-angled cucumber

Ancestry of “బీరపువ్వు”, step by step

బీరపువ్వు traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu పువ్వు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguపువ్వుflower; cataract
2Dravidian*pū—

via Telugu బీర

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguబీరthe sharp-angled cucumber, "Luffa acutangula"
Every word from Dravidian *pū →Every word from Telugu పువ్వు →