Where does “mačka” come from?
mačka (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic mačьka, from Proto-Slavic -ьka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ikaʔ, from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂.
mačka (Serbo-Croatian): cat; pretty girl, chick, bird
Definitions
- cat; pretty girl, chick, bird
Ancestry of “mačka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | mačьka | cat |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -ьka | — |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ikaʔ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ikeh₂ | — |