Where does “maž” come from?

maž (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ- — to be able.

Ancestry of “maž”, step by step

maž traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-to be able

via Proto-Indo-European moǵʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmoǵʰ-big, small, i.e., size extremes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ-