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Where does “mak-” come from?

mak- (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European mak- — bag, belly; bag, sack; small bag or pouch.

Ancestry of “mak-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmak-bag, belly; bag, sack; small bag or pouch

Words derived from “mak-”

  • мокрый
  • Mokry
  • Mokrus
  • mocz
  • moczowy
  • moczowód
  • mokry
  • moczyć
  • mokar
  • мокар
  • mokrý
  • мокар
  • močiti
  • mokrъ
  • mokrý
  • moker
  • мокры
  • мокръ
  • mokšy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mak- →