Where does “పొద్దుతిరుగుడు” come from?

పొద్దుతిరుగుడు (Telugu) comes from Telugu తిరుగుడు, from Telugu -డు, from Telugu అక్షతుడు, from Sanskrit अक्षत, from Sanskrit अ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian a-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

పొద్దుతిరుగుడు (Telugu): sunflower

Definitions

  1. sunflower

Ancestry of “పొద్దుతిరుగుడు”, step by step

పొద్దుతిరుగుడు traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu తిరుగుడు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TeluguతిరుగుడుA turning, a turning back; A change; A screw, a...
2Telugu-డుThe suffix used as to denote the first case in...
3Teluguఅక్షతుడుeunuch
4Sanskritअक्षतnot crushed; uninjured, unbroken, whole; eunuch
5Sanskritअ-un-, not; Used in the formation of imperfect,...
6Proto-Indo-Iraniana-un-, a-
7Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
8Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

via Telugu పొద్దు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguపొద్దు
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neEvery word from Sanskrit अ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥-