Where does “машта” come from?

машта (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Dutch mast, from Middle Dutch mast, from Old Dutch mast, from Germanic *mast, from Proto-Germanic mastaz, from Proto-Indo-European mazdos — pole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,...

машта (Serbo-Croatian): imagination

Definitions

  1. imagination

Ancestry of “машта”, step by step

машта traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch mast

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmastmast; mast, fodder for pigs or other animals made...
2Middle Dutchmast—
3Old Dutchmast—
4Germanic*mast—
5Proto-Germanicmastazrod, pole, perch; bar, plank; mast
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmazdospole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,...

via Proto-Slavic mьčьta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmьčьtadream
2Proto-Slavicmikati—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mazdos →Every word from Proto-Germanic mastaz →Every word from Germanic *mast →