Where does “మందుకొట్టు” come from?

మందుకొట్టు (Telugu) comes from Telugu మందు, from Proto-Dravidian *maruntu — medicine.

మందుకొట్టు (Telugu): to drink alcoholic beverages

Definitions

  1. to drink alcoholic beverages

Ancestry of “మందుకొట్టు”, step by step

మందుకొట్టు traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu మందు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TeluguమందుMedicine, physic, a drug; An antidote; An...
2Proto-Dravidian*maruntumedicine

via Telugu కొట్టు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguకొట్టుA blow, a stroke; A storehouse, a godown; to...
2Proto-Dravidian*koṭ-—
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