Where does “ма́щеха” come from?

ма́щеха (Bulgarian) comes from Proto-Slavic maťexa — stepmother.

ма́щеха (Bulgarian): stepmother

Definitions

  1. stepmother

Ancestry of “ма́щеха”, step by step

ма́щеха traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic maťexa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmaťexastepmother

via Proto-Slavic *màťexa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*màťexastepmother

Words derived from “ма́щеха

Every word from Proto-Slavic maťexa