Where does “ఈగికాడు” come from?

ఈగికాడు (Telugu) comes from Telugu ఈగ, from Proto-Dravidian ī — this, this here.

Ancestry of “ఈగికాడు”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఈగfly
2Proto-Dravidianīthis, this here
Every word from Proto-Dravidian ī →Every word from Telugu ఈగ →