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Where does “maksa” come from?

maksa (Latvian) comes from Livonian maks, from Proto-Finnic maksadak, from Proto-Finno-Permic maksa-.

maksa (Latvian): pay, payment, fee, fare, toll

Definitions

  1. pay, payment, fee, fare, toll

Ancestry of “maksa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianmakspay
2Proto-Finnicmaksadakto cost; to pay
3Proto-Finno-Permicmaksa-—

Words derived from “maksa”

  • maksu
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic maksa- →