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Where does “махати” come from?

махати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic māxàti — to wave.

махати (Serbo-Croatian): to wave

Definitions

  1. to wave

Ancestry of “махати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmāxàtito wave

Words derived from “махати”

  • промаха
  • промаја
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