Where does “maks” come from?

maks (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic maksa, from Proto-Uralic mëksa — liver.

maks (Estonian): liver; tax, payment

Definitions

  1. liver; tax, payment

Ancestry of “maks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmaksaliver
2Proto-Uralicmëksaliver

Words derived from “maks”

Every word from Proto-Uralic mëksa →Every word from Proto-Finnic maksa →
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