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Where does “maks” come from?

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

maks (Livonian): pay

Definitions

  1. pay

Ancestry of “maks”, step by step

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

Words derived from “maks”

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