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Where does “lasziv” come from?

lasziv (German) comes from Latin lascivus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

lasziv (German): lascivious; wanton

Definitions

  1. lascivious; wanton

Ancestry of “lasziv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlascivuswanton, playful, frisky; lustful, licentious,...
2Latin-īvus—
3Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →