Where does “ఆనంద” come from?
ఆనంద (Telugu) comes from Sanskrit आनन्द, from Sanskrit आ, from Sanskrit धा, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰaH-.
Ancestry of “ఆనంద”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | आनन्द | delight; pleasure; joy |
| 2 | Sanskrit | आ | separated form of आ-; With senses determined by... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | धा | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰaH- | — |