Where does “мучити” come from?

мучити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic mǫ̀čiti, from Proto-Slavic mǫka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mánkāˀ.

мучити (Serbo-Croatian): to torture, torment

Definitions

  1. to torture, torment

Ancestry of “мучити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmǫ̀čiti—
2Proto-Slavicmǫkatorment, torture; flour
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*mánkāˀ—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mánkāˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic mǫka →Every word from Proto-Slavic mǫ̀čiti →