muskiet
Dutch (Brabantic)
/mʏsˈkit/
noun
Definitions
- tropical mosquitoes that feed on nectars (compare mug)
- any species of mosquito (not scientifically correct, but generally accepted)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian mosquito (gnat, small fly) borrowed from Portuguese mosquito derived from Latin musca (fly, a fly) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mūs- (gnat, stinging fly, fly).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mūs-
Gloss
gnat, stinging fly, fly
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Musca English
- mosquito English
- muscarine English
- muschetor English
- musca Latin
- muscarium Latin
- Moskito German
- mosca Italian
- muskietennet Dutch, Flemish
- net Dutch, Flemish
- pers Dutch, Flemish
- persmuskiet Dutch, Flemish
- moustique French
- моски́т Russian
- mosca Spanish, Castilian
- mosquitero Spanish, Castilian
- mosquito Spanish, Castilian
- *mus- Proto-Indo-European
- *mūs- Proto-Indo-European
- antimosquito Portuguese
- mosca Portuguese
- mosquito Portuguese
- *mūs Proto-Germanic
- moskit Polish
- mousche Old French
- musche Old French
- mosquit Catalan, Valencian
- muscă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- moskīts Latvian
- mushkonjë Albanian
- musca Old Dutch
- mosca Old Portuguese
- muscã Aromanian
- mushconj Aromanian
- mostga Romansh
- muos-cha Romansh
- mustga Romansh
- mosca Asturian
- moscje Friulian
- mosca Old Occitan
- moquito Old Spanish
- mosca Old Spanish
- mósca Venetian
- muasca Dalmatian
- מושקה Ladino
- Muskitt Hunsrik
- môche Bourguignon
- moschetto roa-oit