Where does “măcăitură” come from?

măcăitură (Romanian) comes from Romanian măcăi, from Romanian mac, from Slavic макъ, from Proto-Slavic makъ, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂ḱos — length.

măcăitură (Romanian): quack

Definitions

  1. quack

Ancestry of “măcăitură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmăcăito quack
2Romanianmacpoppy; quack
3Slavicмакъ—
4Proto-Slavicmakъpoppy
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂ḱoslength
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂ḱos →Every word from Proto-Slavic makъ →Every word from Slavic макъ →