Where does “Lett” come from?

Lett comes from German Lette, which derives from Latvian latvis, ultimately from Latvian latuvis, the name for a person of Latvia or Latvian ethnicity.

Lett (English): Latvian

Definitions

  1. Latvian

Ancestry of “Lett”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLetteLatvian
2Latvianlatvisa Latvian, a Lett; a member of the Latvian...
3Latvianlatuvis—
4LatvianLatuva—
Every word from Latvian Latuva →Every word from Latvian latuvis →Every word from Latvian latvis →