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Where does “muka” come from?

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

Ancestry of “muka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmǫkatorment, torture; flour
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*mánkāˀ—

Words derived from “muka”

  • mučan
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