Where does “చీకటిగది” come from?

చీకటిగది (Telugu) comes from Telugu చీకటి, from Proto-Dravidian *cīnkk- — darkness.

చీకటిగది (Telugu): darkroom: a dark room, where photographs are...

Definitions

  1. darkroom: a dark room, where photographs are...

Ancestry of “చీకటిగది”, step by step

చీకటిగది traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu చీకటి

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguచీకటిdarkness
2Proto-Dravidian*cīnkk-darkness

via Telugu గది

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguగదిroom: a separate part of a building, enclosed by...
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *cīnkk-Every word from Telugu చీకటి
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