Where does “mak” come from?

mak (Kurdish) comes from Proto-Iranian máHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian máHtā, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

mak (Kurdish): mother

Definitions

  1. mother

Ancestry of “mak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-IranianmáHtāmother
2Proto-Indo-IranianmáHtāmother
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian máHtā →Every word from Proto-Iranian máHtā →