Where does “măcănitură” come from?

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

măcănitură (Romanian): quack

Definitions

  1. quack

Ancestry of “măcănitură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmăcănito 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 →
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