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Where does “makee” come from?

makee (Finnish) comes from Finnish makea, from Proto-Finnic makeda, from Proto-Finnic makjas, from Proto-Germanic smakjaz.

makee (Finnish): sweet; cool, great, beautiful

Definitions

  1. sweet; cool, great, beautiful

Ancestry of “makee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmakeasweet; fresh; high; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnicmakedasweet; fresh
3Proto-Finnicmakjas—
4Proto-Germanicsmakjaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic smakjaz →