Where does “ఊరకాకి” come from?

ఊరకాకి (Telugu) comes from Telugu కాకి, from Proto-Dravidian *kākkay.

ఊరకాకి (Telugu): the Indian house crow, Corvus splendens

Definitions

  1. the Indian house crow, Corvus splendens

Ancestry of “ఊరకాకి”, step by step

ఊరకాకి traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu కాకి

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguకాకిcrow - a bird of the genus "Corvus"
2Proto-Dravidian*kākkay—

via Telugu ఊర

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TeluguఊరRustic, common, village, belonging to the town or...
2Proto-Dravidianūrvillage, habitation
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