Where does “beļģiete” come from?

beļģiete (Latvian) comes from Latvian beļģis, from Latin Belgae, from Proto-Celtic bolg-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelgʰ- — to bulge, swell.

beļģiete (Latvian): a Belgian, a woman from Belgium

Definitions

  1. a Belgian, a woman from Belgium

Ancestry of “beļģiete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatvianbeļģisBelgian; Belgian; pertaining to Belgium and its...
2LatinBelgaethe Belgians; Belgians
3Proto-Celticbolg-to swell
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelgʰ-to bulge, swell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰelgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Celtic bolg- →Every word from Latin Belgae →