Where does “mangustă” come from?

mangustă (Romanian) comes from French mangouste, from Portuguese mangusto, from Marathi मुंगूस, from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘳𑘽𑘐𑘳𑘭, from Telugu ముంగిస, from Proto-Dravidian *mūnkūc- — mongoose.

mangustă (Romanian): mongoose

Definitions

  1. mongoose

Ancestry of “mangustă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmangoustemongoose; mangosteen
2Portuguesemangustomongoose
3Marathiमुंगूसmongoose
4Old Marathi𑘦𑘳𑘽𑘐𑘳𑘭—
5TeluguముంగిసThe ichneumon or mongoose, Viverra ichneumon
6Proto-Dravidian*mūnkūc-mongoose
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *mūnkūc- →Every word from Telugu ముంగిస →Every word from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘳𑘽𑘐𑘳𑘭 →