Where does “masklo” come from?

masklo (Esperanto) comes from Italian masculo, from Latin masculus, from Latin mās, from Proto-Nuristani *māsa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mā́Has, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

masklo (Esperanto): male

Definitions

  1. male

Ancestry of “masklo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianmasculoSynonym of maschio
2Latinmasculusmale, masculine; man, male
3Latinmāsmale
4Proto-Nuristani*māsamoon
5Proto-Indo-Iranianmā́Hasmoon; month
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “masklo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mā́Has →