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Where does “Eglītis” come from?

Eglītis (Latvian) comes from Latvian egle, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *edlis.

Ancestry of “Eglītis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianeglespruce; fir
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*edlis—
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