Where does “క్షీరము” come from?

క్షీరము (Telugu) comes from Sanskrit क्षीर, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kṣiHrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšiHrám — milk.

క్షీరము (Telugu): milk; The milky sap of plants

Definitions

  1. milk; The milky sap of plants

Ancestry of “క్షీరము”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritक्षीरmilk
2Proto-Indo-AryankṣiHrám
3Proto-Indo-IraniankšiHrámmilk
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšiHrámEvery word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kṣiHrámEvery word from Sanskrit क्षीर