arctic
‘the Arctic is the region of the ‘bear’’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. artik, artyc, artyke, artique, articke < O.F. artique < Med.Lat. articus < Lat. arcticus < arktikos ‘of the north’ < arktos ‘bear, the northern constellation Ursa Major’ < aak < rkto- < Tamil ar