Where does “ఈలకొట్టు” come from?

ఈలకొట్టు (Telugu) comes from Telugu కొట్టు, from Proto-Dravidian *koṭ-.

ఈలకొట్టు (Telugu): to whistle

Definitions

  1. to whistle

Ancestry of “ఈలకొట్టు”, step by step

ఈలకొట్టు traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu కొట్టు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguకొట్టుA blow, a stroke; A storehouse, a godown; to...
2Proto-Dravidian*koṭ-—

via Telugu ఈల

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఈలwhistle, whistling
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