Where does “маказе” come from?

маказе (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish مقاص, from Arabic مِقَصّ.

маказе (Serbo-Croatian): scissors

Definitions

  1. scissors

Ancestry of “маказе”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishمقاص—
2Arabicمِقَصّ—
Every word from Arabic مِقَصّ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish مقاص →