Where does “mass” come from?
mass (Võro) comes from Proto-Finnic maksa, from Proto-Uralic mëksa — liver.
mass (Võro): liver; tax, payment
Ancestry of “mass”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | maksa | liver |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | mëksa | liver |