Where does “Marzu” come from?

Marzu (Maltese) comes from Sicilian marzu, from Latin Mārtius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Marzu (Maltese): March

Definitions

  1. March

Ancestry of “Marzu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SicilianmarzuMarch
2LatinMārtiusof or belonging to Mars, the god of war; sacred to Mars
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ius →Every word from Latin Mārtius →