Where does “augštece” come from?
augštece (Latvian) comes from Latvian tece, from Latvian tecēt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tektei, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.
augštece (Latvian): upper reaches, upper course
Definitions
- upper reaches, upper course
Ancestry of “augštece”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | tece | flow, flowing; flow, stream; leak |
| 2 | Latvian | tecēt | to flow; to leak; to trickle |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tektei | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tekʷ- | to run, to flow |