Where does “tabakmaks” come from?

tabakmaks (Latvian) comes from Latvian maks — little purse, wallet, pouch.

tabakmaks (Latvian): tobacco pouch

Definitions

  1. tobacco pouch

Ancestry of “tabakmaks”, step by step

tabakmaks traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian maks

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmakslittle purse, wallet, pouch

via Latvian tabakas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviantabakasgenitive singular form of tabaka; tobacco
Every word from Latvian maks
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