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Where does “šķīstums” come from?

šķīstums (Latvian) comes from Latvian šķīsts, from Latvian šķīst, from Latvian skīsti, from Latvian skid-ti.

šķīstums (Latvian): purity; purity, virtuousness

Definitions

  1. purity; purity, virtuousness

Ancestry of “šķīstums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianšķīstspure, immaculate, without sin; pure, virtuous;...
2Latvianšķīstto become liquid; to melt; to dissolve; to...
3Latvianskīsti—
4Latvianskid-ti—
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