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Where does “šaušalīgs” come from?

šaušalīgs (Latvian) comes from Latvian šausmas, from Latvian šaust, from Proto-Balto-Slavic šiaus-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱew-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷṓws — cattle.

šaušalīgs (Latvian): gruesome; grisly; ghastly

Definitions

  1. gruesome; grisly; ghastly

Ancestry of “šaušalīgs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianšausmasterror, horror
2Latvianšaustmake stand
3Proto-Balto-Slavicšiaus-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱew-skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷṓwscattle
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