Where does “తానరూపి” come from?
తానరూపి (Telugu) comes from Sanskrit तान, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tā́nas, from Proto-Indo-European tónos, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
Ancestry of “తానరూపి”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | तान | fibre; tone; monotonous tone |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | tā́nas | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |