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Where does “īsts” come from?

īsts (Latvian) comes from Proto-Baltic jis, from Proto-Indo-European éy, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.

īsts (Latvian): real, true, genuine, not false or artificial; the...

Definitions

  1. real, true, genuine, not false or artificial; the...

Ancestry of “īsts”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balticjis—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanéythe; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-—

Words derived from “īsts”

  • īstens
  • īstenība
  • īstums
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