Where does “-డు” come from?
-డు (Telugu) comes 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.
-డు (Telugu): The suffix used as to denote the first case in...
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- The suffix used as to denote the first case in...
Ancestry of “-డు”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Telugu | అక్షతుడు | eunuch |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अक्षत | not crushed; uninjured, unbroken, whole; eunuch |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अ- | un-, not; Used in the formation of imperfect,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | a- | un-, a- |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |