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Where does “Arnita” come from?

Arnita (Latvian) comes from Latvian Arnis, from Greek αρνούμαι, from Ancient Greek ἀρνοῦμαι, from Ancient Greek ἀρνέομαι, from Proto-Indo-European h₂res-.

Ancestry of “Arnita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatvianArnis—
2Greekαρνούμαιdeny, reject, turn down
3Ancient Greekἀρνοῦμαι—
4Ancient Greekἀρνέομαιto deny, disown; to refuse; to say "no", decline,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂res-—
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