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Where does “biedēt” come from?

biedēt (Latvian) comes from Proto-Baltic beyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

biedēt (Latvian): to scare, to frighten; to warn, usually in a...

Definitions

  1. to scare, to frighten; to warn, usually in a...

Ancestry of “biedēt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balticbeyd-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “biedēt”

  • biedināt
  • biedēklis
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