köken: Borrowed from Middle Chinese 擺子 (“dialectal synonym of malaria”). Or from *bezgäk (“fever; malaria”), from Proto-Turkic *bẹŕ- (“to shiver, tremble”). Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (bezgäk, “fever, malaria”); Bashkir биҙгәк (biźgək, “fever, malaria”), Uzbek bezgak (“fever, malaria”).
köken: Etymology tree Italian mal- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin āera Italian aria Italian malariabor. Polish malaria Borrowed from Italian malaria.