Where does “mežs” come from?

mežs (Latgalian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic medjas, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

mežs (Latgalian): forest, wood

Definitions

  1. forest, wood

Ancestry of “mežs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicmedjas—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with

Words derived from “mežs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European me →Every word from Proto-Indo-European medʰi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos →