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Where does “ņemšana” come from?

ņemšana (Latvian) comes from Latvian ņemt, from Latvian nemt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic yem-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁em- — to take; to distribute.

ņemšana (Latvian): taking; verbal noun of ņemt

Definitions

  1. taking; verbal noun of ņemt

Ancestry of “ņemšana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianņemtto take; to take along; to take, to get
2Latviannemt—
3Proto-Balto-Slavicyem-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁em-to take; to distribute
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁em- →