Where does “nyamuk” come from?

nyamuk (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ñamuk — mosquito.

nyamuk (Malay): mosquito

Definitions

  1. mosquito

Ancestry of “nyamuk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicñamuk—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianñamukmosquito

Words derived from “nyamuk”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ñamuk →Every word from Proto-Malayic ñamuk →