Where does “చిత్రకళ” come from?
చిత్రకళ (Telugu) comes from Telugu చిత్రము, from Sanskrit चित्र, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čitrás, from Proto-Indo-European *kit-ró-s.
చిత్రకళ (Telugu): The art of painting
Ancestry of “చిత్రకళ”, step by step
చిత్రకళ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Telugu చిత్రము
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Telugu | చిత్రము | painting, picture; variety, strangeness,... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | चित्र | bright, conspicuous, visible, clear, loud,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | čitrás | bright, clear, shining |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *kit-ró-s | — |
via Telugu కళ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Telugu | కళ | art |
| 2 | Sanskrit | कला | a small part of anything, any single part or... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |