Where does “мъшица” come from?

мъшица (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic *mъšica — literally small fly.

мъшица (Old Church Slavonic): mosquito

Definitions

  1. mosquito

Ancestry of “мъшица”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*mъšicaliterally small fly
Every word from Proto-Slavic *mъšica