Where does “పునరుక్తి” come from?
పునరుక్తి (Telugu) comes from Telugu ఉక్తి, from Sanskrit उक्ति, from Proto-Indo-Aryan uktíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian uktíš, from Proto-Indo-European ukʷtís, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
పునరుక్తి (Telugu): repetition
Ancestry of “పునరుక్తి”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Telugu | ఉక్తి | a word, an expression; speech, speaking |
| 2 | Sanskrit | उक्ति | sentence, proclamation, speech, expression, word;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | uktíṣ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | uktíš | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ukʷtís | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |