Where does “мучитель” come from?
мучитель (Russian) comes from Russian му́чить, from Proto-Slavic mǫ̀čiti, from Proto-Slavic mǫka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mánkāˀ.
Ancestry of “мучитель”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | му́чить | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | mǫ̀čiti | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | mǫka | torment, torture; flour |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *mánkāˀ | — |
Words derived from “мучитель”