Where does “apmaiņa” come from?

apmaiņa (Latvian) comes from Latvian maiņa — change.

apmaiņa (Latvian): exchange, swap; exchange; replacement

Definitions

  1. exchange, swap; exchange; replacement

Ancestry of “apmaiņa”, step by step

apmaiņa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian maiņa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmaiņachange

via Latvian ap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianapround, around; by, near, about; about, around
Every word from Latvian maiņa