Where does “biedēklis” come from?
biedēklis (Latvian) comes from Latvian biedēt, from Proto-Baltic beyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.
biedēklis (Latvian): an object, an image that causes fear, with which...
Definitions
- an object, an image that causes fear, with which...
Ancestry of “biedēklis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | biedēt | to scare, to frighten; to warn, usually in a... |
| 2 | Proto-Baltic | beyd- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |