Where does “కంఠీరవము” come from?

కంఠీరవము (Telugu) comes from Sanskrit कण्ठीरव, from Sanskrit कण्ठ, from Proto-Dravidian *kaẓuntt- — neck.

కంఠీరవము (Telugu): lion

Definitions

  1. lion

Ancestry of “కంఠీరవము”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकण्ठीरव‘roaring from the throat’; a lion; an elephant in...
2Sanskritकण्ठthroat, neck; the narrowest part of something;...
3Proto-Dravidian*kaẓuntt-neck
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *kaẓuntt- →Every word from Sanskrit कण्ठ →Every word from Sanskrit कण्ठीरव →