Where does “mȕka” come from?

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

mȕka (Serbo-Croatian): pain

Definitions

  1. pain

Ancestry of “mȕka”, step by step

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