Where does “šķidrums” come from?

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

šķidrums (Latvian): liquid (state of matter), liquid substance, fluid

Definitions

  1. liquid (state of matter), liquid substance, fluid

Ancestry of “šķidrums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvian-umsAdded to adjectives to form nouns indicating a...
2Proto-Balto-Slavic-umas
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