Where does “కొండకాకి” come from?

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

కొండకాకి (Telugu): A kind of crow

Definitions

  1. A kind of crow

Ancestry of “కొండకాకి”, step by step

కొండకాకి traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu కాకి

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

via Telugu కొండ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguకొండhill
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *kākkay →Every word from Telugu కాకి →