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

  1. an object, an image that causes fear, with which...

Ancestry of “biedēklis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianbiedētto scare, to frighten; to warn, usually in a...
2Proto-Balticbeyd-
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-Every word from Proto-Baltic beyd-
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