Where does “ఖనకుడు” come from?
ఖనకుడు (Telugu) comes from Sanskrit खनक, from Sanskrit खन्, from Sanskrit -अक, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
ఖనకుడు (Telugu): One who digs
Ancestry of “ఖనకుడు”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | खनक | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | खन् | to dig, dig up, delve, turn up the soil,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | -अक | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -kas | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |