Where does “maică” come from?
maică (Romanian) comes from Serbo-Croatian mȃjka, from Czech -ka, from Proto-Slavic -ъka, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
maică (Romanian): mother
Ancestry of “maică”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | mȃjka | — |
| 2 | Czech | -ka | Appended to words to create a feminine version of... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ъka | Denominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
Words derived from “maică”