Where does “mákš” come from?

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

mákš (Proto-Indo-Iranian): midge, fly, bee

Definitions

  1. midge, fly, bee

Ancestry of “mákš”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmék-s ~ m̥k-és—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmek-to bleat

Words derived from “mákš”

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