Where does “విక్రమ” come from?
విక్రమ (Telugu) comes from Sanskrit विक्रम, from Sanskrit विवेष्टि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wíwayṣṭi, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wíwayšti, from Proto-Indo-European weys- — to raise, increase; to produce, procreate.
Ancestry of “విక్రమ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | विक्रम | a step, stride, pace; going, proceeding, walking,... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | विवेष्टि | to pervade; to work |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | *wíwayṣṭi | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *wíwayšti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weys- | to raise, increase; to produce, procreate |