Where does “мацони” come from?
мацони (Russian) comes from Georgian მაწონი, from Armenian մածուն, from Old Armenian մածուն, from Old Armenian մածնում, from Old Armenian -ուն, from Proto-Indo-European -o-mno-, from Proto-Indo-European -o-meno- — adverbial suffix of neuter gender.
мацони (Russian): matsoni, matzoon
Ancestry of “мацони”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Georgian | მაწონი | matsoni |
| 2 | Armenian | մածուն | matzoon; yogurt |
| 3 | Old Armenian | մածուն | curds, curdled milk, clotted cream |
| 4 | Old Armenian | մածնում | to be glued, to stick or cling to, to adhere; to... |
| 5 | Old Armenian | -ուն | forming adjectives from verbs and rarely from... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -o-mno- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -o-meno- | adverbial suffix of neuter gender |