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Where does “ప్రమాణము” come from?

ప్రమాణము (Telugu) comes from Sanskrit प्रमाण, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pramaHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁nom, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

ప్రమాణము (Telugu): measure, scale, standard, quantity; proof,...

Definitions

  1. measure, scale, standard, quantity; proof,...

Ancestry of “ప్రమాణము”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritप्रमाणproof, authority; any proof, testimony, or...
2Proto-Indo-IranianpramaHnam—
3Proto-Indo-European*meh₁nom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
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