Where does “ఐదునొకటి” come from?

ఐదునొకటి (Telugu) comes from Telugu ఒకటి, from Proto-Dravidian oru — one.

ఐదునొకటి (Telugu): five plus one; six

Definitions

  1. five plus one; six

Ancestry of “ఐదునొకటి”, step by step

ఐదునొకటి traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu ఒకటి

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఒకటి1; one; another
2Proto-Dravidianoruone

via Telugu ఐదు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఐదు5; five
2Proto-Dravidian*caymtu—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian oru →Every word from Telugu ఒకటి →