< Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/makáćas
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Alternative forms
- *makā́ćas
Etymology
Presumably leveled from *mákā́ćš ~ *makaćás, from *mákš + *-ā́ćš (animal and plant suffix).
Noun
*makáćas f
- fly, gnat, mosquito
Descendants
- Indo-Aryan: *makáśas
- Sanskrit: *मकश (*makáśa)
- Classical Sanskrit: मशक (maśáka) (metathesized) (see there for further descendants)
- Pali: makasa
- Sanskrit: *मकश (*makáśa)
- Iranian: *makácaH, *makā́caH (see there for further descendants)