Where does “mať” come from?

mať (Slovak) comes from Proto-Slavic mati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mā́ˀtē, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

mať (Slovak): mother; to have; to be supposed to

Definitions

  1. mother; to have; to be supposed to

Ancestry of “mať”, step by step

mať traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic mati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmatimother
2Proto-Balto-Slavicmā́ˀtēmother
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

via Arabic مَاتَ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمَاتَto die, to perish
2Persianشاه ماتcheckmate

Words derived from “mať”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic mā́ˀtē →Every word from Proto-Slavic mati →