Where does “Mais” come from?

Mais (Luxembourgish) comes from Spanish maíz, from Taíno mahís, from Proto-Arawakan marikɨ.

Mais (Luxembourgish): maize, sweetcorn

Definitions

  1. maize, sweetcorn

Ancestry of “Mais”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmaízcorn, maize
2Taínomahís—
3Proto-Arawakanmarikɨ—
Every word from Proto-Arawakan marikɨ →Every word from Taíno mahís →Every word from Spanish maíz →