Where does “ఒకటొకటిగా” come from?

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

ఒకటొకటిగా (Telugu): one by one; one after another

Definitions

  1. one by one; one after another

Ancestry of “ఒకటొకటిగా”, step by step

ఒకటొకటిగా traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu ఒకటి

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఒకటి1; one; another
2Proto-Dravidianoruone

via Telugu గా

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguగాan adverbial affix being the infinitive కా of అగు
Every word from Proto-Dravidian oru →Every word from Telugu ఒకటి →