Where does “maks” come from?
maks (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic maksa, from Proto-Uralic mëksa — liver.
maks (Estonian): liver; tax, payment
Ancestry of “maks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | maksa | liver |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | mëksa | liver |