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Where does “mal” come from?

mal (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic malъ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mal- — small; little.

Ancestry of “mal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmalъsmall; little
2Proto-Indo-European(s)mal-small; little

Words derived from “mal”

  • male boginje
  • malešan
  • malašnost
  • malašan
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mal- →