The word utka is anomalous meaning 'longing after, yearning'.,
He whose mind anxiously desires or yearns after a thing is called उन्मनः ॥ The word उत्कः is formed by adding कन् to the preposition उद्. Thus उत्को देवदत्तः, उत्कः प्रवासी = उत्सुकः or उत्कण्ठितः ॥,