Where does “మశకము” come from?
మశకము (Telugu) comes from Sanskrit मशक, 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.
మశకము (Telugu): a gnat or mosquito
Ancestry of “మశకము”, step by step