Where does “కష్టజీవి” come from?
కష్టజీవి (Telugu) comes from Sanskrit कष्ट, from Sanskrit कष्, from Sanskrit कृष्, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéls- — to pull, drag.
కష్టజీవి (Telugu): One who gets his bread with difficulty
Definitions
- One who gets his bread with difficulty
Ancestry of “కష్టజీవి”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | कष्ट | evil, difficulty, trouble, misery, suffering,... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | कष् | to injure, destroy |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कृष् | to farm |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéls- | to pull, drag |