Where does “maczuga” come from?
maczuga (Polish) comes from Romanian măciucă, from Vulgar Latin matteuca, from Vulgar Latin mattia, from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
maczuga (Polish): club, bludgeon, cudgel
Ancestry of “maczuga”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | măciucă | club, bludgeon |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | matteuca | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | mattia | — |
| 4 | Latin | mateola | The meaning of this term is uncertain.... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |