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

  1. realness, trueness, genuineness, authenticity

Ancestry of “īstums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianīstsreal, true, genuine, not false or artificial; the...
2Proto-Balticjis—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanéythe; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁e- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European éy →Every word from Proto-Baltic jis →