Where does “šausmīgs” come from?
šausmīgs (Latvian) comes from Latvian šausmas, from Latvian šaust, from Proto-Balto-Slavic šiaus-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱew-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷṓws — cattle.
šausmīgs (Latvian): horrible, terrible; very bad; very intense, big,...
Definitions
- horrible, terrible; very bad; very intense, big,...
Ancestry of “šausmīgs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | šausmas | terror, horror |
| 2 | Latvian | šaust | make stand |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | šiaus- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱew- | skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷṓws | cattle |