Where does “ఆంజనేయుడు” come from?
ఆంజనేయుడు (Telugu) comes from Sanskrit आञ्जनेय, from Sanskrit अञ्जना, from Sanskrit अञ्ज्, from Proto-Indo-European h₃engʷ- — to smear, to anoint.
Ancestry of “ఆంజనేయుడు”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | आञ्जनेय | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अञ्जना | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अञ्ज् | to anoint |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃engʷ- | to smear, to anoint |