Where does “zivs” come from?
zivs (Latgalian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic źū́ˀs, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰu- — fish.
zivs (Latgalian): fish
Ancestry of “zivs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | źū́ˀs | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰu- | fish |