Where does “maks” come from?

maks (Veps) comes from Proto-Finnic maksa, from Proto-Uralic mëksa — liver.

maks (Veps): liver; payment; fee

Definitions

  1. liver; payment; fee

Ancestry of “maks”, step by step

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