English
Yadu
Yadu comes from Sanskrit यदु ‘name of a Vedic Indo-Aryan-speaking tribe’, and goes back to Proto-Dravidian *yĀṭu ‘goat, sheep’.
- Proto-Dravidianprehistoric (reconstructed)*yĀṭu‘goat, sheep’reconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEयदुyadu‘name of a Vedic Indo-Aryan-speaking tribe’
- EnglishtodayYadu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Dravidianprehistoric (reconstructed)*yĀṭu‘goat, sheep’reconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEयदुyadu‘name of a Vedic Indo-Aryan-speaking tribe’
- EnglishtodayYadu
Every English word from Proto-Dravidian *yĀṭu
Today it means
name the son of king Yayati and queen Devayani, and the progenitor of the Yadava lineage in Mahabharata.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Dravidian *yĀṭu / Yadu