Where does “మహావాక్యము” come from?
మహావాక్యము (Telugu) comes from Telugu వాక్యము, from Sanskrit वाक्य, from Sanskrit वच्, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
మహావాక్యము (Telugu): great sentence
Ancestry of “మహావాక్యము”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Telugu | వాక్యము | sentence |
| 2 | Sanskrit | वाक्य | speech, saying, assertion, statement, command,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | वच् | to speak, utter, say |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |