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

Definitions

  1. gnat, mosquito, fly

Ancestry of “मशक”, step by step

मशक traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Aryan makáśas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanmakáśas—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianmakáćasfly, gnat, mosquito
3Proto-Indo-Iranianmákā́ćš ~ makaćás—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianmákšmidge, fly, bee
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmék-s ~ m̥k-és—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmek-to bleat

via Proto-Indo-Iranian maćás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianmaćás—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmoḱos—
3RussianМо́кошь—
4Old East SlavicМокошь—
5Proto-Slavic*MokošьMokosh

Words derived from “मशक”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mék-s ~ m̥k-és →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mákš →