Where does “mačor” come from?

mačor (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic mačerъ, from Proto-Slavic -erъ, from Proto-Indo-European -er-.

mačor (Serbo-Croatian): a male cat; tomcat

Definitions

  1. a male cat; tomcat

Ancestry of “mačor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmačerъa male cat; tomcat
2Proto-Slavic-erъDenominal, from the root, forming nouns denoting...
3Proto-Indo-European-er-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -er- →Every word from Proto-Slavic -erъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic mačerъ →