Where does “ఉనికి” come from?

ఉనికి (Telugu) comes from Telugu ఉండు, from Proto-Dravidian *uḷ — inside.

ఉనికి (Telugu): being, existence

Definitions

  1. being, existence

Ancestry of “ఉనికి”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఉండుto be
2Proto-Dravidian*uḷinside

Words derived from “ఉనికి”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *uḷ →Every word from Telugu ఉండు →
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