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Where does “ēzeļmāte” come from?

ēzeļmāte (Latvian) comes from Latvian māte, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mā́ˀtē, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

ēzeļmāte (Latvian): female donkey; "ēzeļmātēm grūsnības periods ilgst...

Definitions

  1. female donkey; "ēzeļmātēm grūsnības periods ilgst...

Ancestry of “ēzeļmāte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmātemother; female individual of some animal species;...
2Proto-Balto-Slavicmā́ˀtēmother
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
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