Where does “ūdensaugs” come from?
ūdensaugs (Latvian) comes from Latvian augs, from Latvian augt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic augtei, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-.
ūdensaugs (Latvian): aquatic plant
Ancestry of “ūdensaugs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | augs | plant; all, whole; 3rd person singular future... |
| 2 | Latvian | augt | to grow; to grow, to mature, to grow into; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | augtei | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |