Where does “Apsītis” come from?
Apsītis (Latvian) comes from Latvian apse, from Proto-Baltic apse, from Proto-Indo-European apsā, from Proto-Indo-European (H)osp-.
Ancestry of “Apsītis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | apse | aspen tree |
| 2 | Proto-Baltic | apse | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | apsā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (H)osp- | — |