Where does “mass” come from?

mass (Võro) comes from Proto-Finnic maksa, from Proto-Uralic mëksa — liver.

mass (Võro): liver; tax, payment

Definitions

  1. liver; tax, payment

Ancestry of “mass”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmaksaliver
2Proto-Uralicmëksaliver
Every word from Proto-Uralic mëksa →Every word from Proto-Finnic maksa →
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