Where does “ñamuk” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ñamuk”, step by step

ñamuk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ñamuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianñamukmosquito

via Austronesian *ñamuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Austronesian*ñamuk—

Words derived from “ñamuk”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ñamuk →