Where does “asums” come from?
asums (Latvian) comes from Latvian ašs, from Latvian asus, from Proto-Baltic ašus, from Spanish ajos, from Latin allium, from Proto-Indo-European ālu-.
asums (Latvian): swiftness, quickness, fastness
Definitions
- swiftness, quickness, fastness
Ancestry of “asums”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | ašs | quick, fast, swift |
| 2 | Latvian | asus | accusative plural masculine form of ass |
| 3 | Proto-Baltic | ašus | — |
| 4 | Spanish | ajos | plural of ajo |
| 5 | Latin | allium | late form of ālium |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ālu- | — |