Where does “мѫченикъ” come from?

мѫченикъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic мѫка, from Proto-Slavic mǫka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mánkāˀ.

мѫченикъ (Old Church Slavonic): martyr

Definitions

  1. martyr

Ancestry of “мѫченикъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicмѫкаtorment, torture; flour
2Proto-Slavicmǫkatorment, torture; flour
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*mánkāˀ—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mánkāˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic mǫka →Every word from Old Church Slavonic мѫка →