Where does “magiczka” come from?

magiczka (Polish) comes from Middle English magik, from Old French magique, from Latin magicus, from Ancient Greek μαγικός, from Ancient Greek Μάγος, from Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁, from Proto-Iranian magúš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian magʰúš — to be able.

Ancestry of “magiczka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishmagikInformation about the forces of nature and the...
2Old Frenchmagique
3Latinmagicusmagic, magical
4Ancient Greekμαγικόςmagical
5Ancient GreekΜάγοςmagician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster,...
6Old Persian𐎶𐎦𐏁priest
7Proto-Iranianmagúš
8Proto-Indo-Iranianmagʰúš
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmegʰ-ú-s
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmegʰ-to be able
Every word from Proto-Indo-European megʰ-
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