Where does “బ్రహ్మపుత్ర” come from?
బ్రహ్మపుత్ర (Telugu) comes from Telugu బ్రహ్మ, from Sanskrit ब्रह्मन्, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerǵʰ- — to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain.
Ancestry of “బ్రహ్మపుత్ర”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Telugu | బ్రహ్మ | Brahma: the first deity of the Hindu triad and... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | ब्रह्मन् | pious effusion or utterance, outpouring of the... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerǵʰ- | to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain |