Where does “īstums” come from?
īstums (Latvian) comes from Latvian īsts, from Proto-Baltic jis, from Proto-Indo-European éy, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.
īstums (Latvian): realness, trueness, genuineness, authenticity
Definitions
- realness, trueness, genuineness, authenticity
Ancestry of “īstums”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | īsts | real, true, genuine, not false or artificial; the... |
| 2 | Proto-Baltic | jis | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | éy | the; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁e- | — |