Where does “ļaunums” come from?

ļaunums (Latvian) comes from Latvian -ums, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -umas.

ļaunums (Latvian): evil; harm, threat, something bad; evil, malice,...

Definitions

  1. evil; harm, threat, something bad; evil, malice,...

Ancestry of “ļaunums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvian-umsAdded to adjectives to form nouns indicating a...
2Proto-Balto-Slavic-umas—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -umas →Every word from Latvian -ums →