Where does “ģimene” come from?

ģimene (Latvian) comes from Lithuanian giminė, from Lithuanian gimti, from Proto-Baltic gim-, from Proto-Baltic gʷm̥-.

ģimene (Latvian): family; a group of female animals descended from...

Definitions

  1. family; a group of female animals descended from...

Ancestry of “ģimene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuaniangiminėfamily; kin; genus; gender
2Lithuaniangimtito be born; masculine plural nominative form of...
3Proto-Balticgim-—
4Proto-Balticgʷm̥-—
Every word from Proto-Baltic gʷm̥- →Every word from Proto-Baltic gim- →Every word from Lithuanian gimti →