Where does “માંકડ” come from?

માંકડ (Gujarati) comes from Sanskrit मत्कुण, from Munda mun.

માંકડ (Gujarati): bedbug

Definitions

  1. bedbug

Ancestry of “માંકડ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमत्कुणbug
2Mundamun—
Every word from Munda mun →Every word from Sanskrit मत्कुण →