Where does “mendoweszka” come from?

mendoweszka (Polish) comes from Old Polish mądo, from Proto-Slavic mǫdo — testicle.

mendoweszka (Polish): crab louse, pubic louse

Definitions

  1. crab louse, pubic louse

Ancestry of “mendoweszka”, step by step

mendoweszka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Polish mądo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishmądotesticle
2Proto-Slavicmǫdotesticle

via Polish weszka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishweszka—

Words derived from “mendoweszka”

Every word from Proto-Slavic mǫdo →Every word from Old Polish mądo →