Where does “ఒకవేళ” come from?

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

ఒకవేళ (Telugu): at one time, once

Definitions

  1. at one time, once

Ancestry of “ఒకవేళ”, step by step

ఒకవేళ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu ఒక

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TeluguఒకOf or pertaining to one
2Teluguఒకటి1; one; another
3Proto-Dravidianoruone

via Telugu వేళ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguవేళa time, period
2Sanskritवेलाtime; tide; boundary, threshold, limit, limen
Every word from Proto-Dravidian oru →Every word from Telugu ఒకటి →Every word from Telugu ఒక →