Where does “baltkrievs” come from?

baltkrievs (Latvian) comes from Latvian balts, from Proto-Balto-Slavic balt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bal-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

baltkrievs (Latvian): a Belarusian, a Belarusian man, a man from...

Definitions

  1. a Belarusian, a Belarusian man, a man from...

Ancestry of “baltkrievs”, step by step

baltkrievs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian balts

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianbaltswhite; clean; counterrevolutionary, member of the...
2Proto-Balto-Slavicbaltto become white
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*bal-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Latvian Krievs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatvianKrievsa Russian, a Russian man, a man from Russia or of Russian descent
2Latviankreiv-—

Words derived from “baltkrievs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bal- →