Where does “ఒంటెపులి” come from?

ఒంటెపులి (Telugu) comes from Telugu ఒంటె, from Prakrit 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀺𑀬, from Sanskrit औष्ट्रक, from Sanskrit उष्ट्र, from Proto-Indo-Aryan úṣṭras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian úštras, from Proto-Indo-European úǵtr-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

ఒంటెపులి (Telugu): camelopard: a giraffe

Definitions

  1. camelopard: a giraffe

Ancestry of “ఒంటెపులి”, step by step

ఒంటెపులి traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu ఒంటె

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఒంటెcamel
2Prakrit𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀺𑀬
3Sanskritऔष्ट्रक
4Sanskritउष्ट्रbuffalo; camel; a wagon or a cart drawn by either
5Proto-Indo-Aryanúṣṭras
6Proto-Indo-Iranianúštrascamel; buffalo
7Proto-Indo-Europeanúǵtr-o-s
8Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

via Telugu పులి

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguపులిtiger; acid, sour
2Proto-Dravidianpulitiger
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -osEvery word from Proto-Indo-European úǵtr-o-sEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian úštras