Where does “मशक” come from?
मशक (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan makáśas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian makáćas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mákā́ćš ~ makaćás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mákš, from Proto-Indo-European mék-s ~ m̥k-és, from Proto-Indo-European mek- — to bleat.
मशक (Sanskrit): gnat, mosquito, fly
Ancestry of “मशक”, step by step