Where does “কুনকুনি মাখি” come from?

কুনকুনি মাখি (Assamese) comes from Assamese মাখি, from Prakrit 𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀆, from Sanskrit मक्षिका, from Sanskrit मक्षि.

কুনকুনি মাখি (Assamese): fruit fly, drosophila

Definitions

  1. fruit fly, drosophila

Ancestry of “কুনকুনি মাখি”, step by step

কুনকুনি মাখি traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Assamese মাখি

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseমাখিa fly
2Prakrit𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀆fly
3Sanskritमक्षिकाa fly, bee
4Sanskritमक्षि

via Assamese কুনকুনি

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseকুনকুনি
Every word from Sanskrit मक्षिEvery word from Sanskrit मक्षिकाEvery word from Prakrit 𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀆