Where does “majă” come from?

majă (Romanian) comes from Hungarian mázsa, from Italian massa, from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα, from Ancient Greek μάσσω, from Proto-Indo-European mh₂ǵyéti, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ǵ- — to knead, stroke.

majă (Romanian): weight unit

Definitions

  1. weight unit

Ancestry of “majă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmázsaquintal
2Italianmassamass; crowd
3Latinmassamass, bulk; load, burden; dough
4Ancient Greekμᾶζαbarley-bread or cake
5Ancient Greekμάσσωto handle, work with my hands, knead; to wipe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmh₂ǵyéti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂ǵ-to knead, stroke

Words derived from “majă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mh₂ǵyéti →Every word from Ancient Greek μάσσω →