Where does “maka” come from?

maka (Wutunhua) comes from Tibetan རྨ་ཁ, from Tibetan ར, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan r-ga — old.

maka (Wutunhua): wound

Definitions

  1. wound

Ancestry of “maka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanརྨ་ཁsurface of a wound
2Tibetangoat
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanr-gaold
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan r-gaEvery word from Tibetan Every word from Tibetan རྨ་ཁ