Where does “maku” come from?

maku (Tocharian A) comes from Proto-Tocharian mekwā, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nogʰ- — claw, nail; nail.

maku (Tocharian A): nails, fingernails

Definitions

  1. nails, fingernails

Ancestry of “maku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Tocharianmekwā—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nogʰ-claw, nail; nail
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃nogʰ- →Every word from Proto-Tocharian mekwā →