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Where does “biklums” come from?

biklums (Latvian) comes from Latvian -ums, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -umas.

biklums (Latvian): shyness, timidity

Definitions

  1. shyness, timidity

Ancestry of “biklums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvian-umsAdded to adjectives to form nouns indicating a...
2Proto-Balto-Slavic-umas—
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