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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *mAk'-
Meaning: gad-fly, gnat
Old Indian: maśáka- m. `mosquito, gnat', mákṣ m.f., mákṣā, makṣikā f. `fly, bee'
Avestan: maxśī `Fliege'
Russ. meaning: насекомое (слепень, комар)
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *mač-al-a- c., -ā̂ f.
Meaning: a k. of insect
Lithuanian: mãšala-s, ostlith. mãšala `Kriebelmücke'
Lettish: masala, masals `Rossfliege'
Comments: Cf. Lith mãkata-s `Kriebelmücke'
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 1216
Root: mak̂o- oder mok̂-o-
English meaning: a k. of fly
German meaning: `Stechfliege, Mücke'
General comments: (-lo-, -ko-, Deminutivformantien)
Material: Ai. maśáka- m. `Stechfliege, Mücke', lit. mašalas `Mücke', lett. masalas `Roßfliege', wozu russ. mosólitь `plagen, zudringlich anbetteln' (vom Bilde des zudringlichen Mückenschwarms), und mit anderm Formans (*mosъtъ?) osorb. mosćić so, mosćeć so `wimmeln (wie ein Mückenschwarm)', sowie wohl auch lit. mašóju, -ti `ein Kind zeugen'; vgl. mit Velar die arische Sippe von ai. mákṣa- m., makṣā f. `Fliege', av. maxši- `Fliege, Mücke' usw., und lit. mãkatas `Kriebelmücke'.
References: WP. II 225, Specht Idg. Dekl. 43 f., Trautmann 170.
Pages: 699
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