măciucă

Moldavian

/məˈt͡ʃʲukə/

noun

Definitions

club, bludgeon

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mateola (hoe, implement for digging in the soil) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mat (plow, hoe) inherited from Latin mattia.

Origin

Latin

mattia

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*mattea Latin
*mattea, *ma(t)tea Latin
*matteuculāre Latin
*mattia Latin
macellum Latin
mateola Latin
mattia Latin
massue French
*mat Proto-Indo-European
maczuga Polish
massüe Old French
maça Catalan, Valencian
maça Old Portuguese