Where does “mekše” come from?

mekše (Proto-Finno-Ugric) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian mákš, from Proto-Indo-European mék-s ~ m̥k-és, from Proto-Indo-European mek- — to bleat.

Ancestry of “mekše”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianmákšmidge, fly, bee
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmék-s ~ m̥k-és—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmek-to bleat

Words derived from “mekše”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mék-s ~ m̥k-és →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mákš →
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