Where does “అన్నపూర్ణ” come from?
అన్నపూర్ణ (Telugu) comes from Sanskrit अन्नपूर्णा, from Sanskrit पूर्ण, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pr̥Hnás, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
Ancestry of “అన్నపూర్ణ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | अन्नपूर्णा | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | पूर्ण | filled, filled with, full of; whole, full,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pr̥Hnás | full, filled |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |