The story
- Proto-Dravidian · derived from*akka
- Telugu · borrowed fromఅక్క
- Malayalam · borrowed fromഅക്ക
- Kannada · borrowed fromಅಕ್ಕ
- Tamil · borrowed fromஅக்கா
- Dravidian · derived from
- English todayakka
Borrowed from a Dravidian language such as Tamil அக்கா (akkā), Kannada ಅಕ್ಕ (akka), Malayalam അക്ക (akka), Telugu అక్క (akka), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *akka.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.