Where does “macska” come from?

macska (Hungarian) comes from Proto-Slavic mačьka, from Proto-Slavic -ьka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ikaʔ, from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂.

macska (Hungarian): cat

Definitions

  1. cat

Ancestry of “macska”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmačьkacat
2Proto-Slavic-ьka—
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-ikaʔ—
4Proto-Indo-European-ikeh₂—

Words derived from “macska”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьka →Every word from Proto-Slavic mačьka →