Where does “ఉల్లికాడ” come from?

ఉల్లికాడ (Telugu) comes from Telugu ఉల్లి, from Proto-Dravidian uḷḷi — onion.

ఉల్లికాడ (Telugu): tender shoot of onion

Definitions

  1. tender shoot of onion

Ancestry of “ఉల్లికాడ”, step by step

ఉల్లికాడ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu ఉల్లి

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఉల్లిonion
2Proto-Dravidianuḷḷionion

via Telugu కాడ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TeluguకాడA stem, stalk, shoot, handle, shaft; at, near
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