Where does “bikses” come from?

bikses (Latvian) comes from Middle Low German buxe, from Middle Low German hôse.

bikses (Latvian): pants, trousers; shorts outer garment that covers the lower body from the waist down, with two long or short legs

Definitions

  1. pants, trousers; shorts outer garment that covers the lower body from the waist down, with two long or short legs

Ancestry of “bikses”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbuxe—
2Middle Low Germanhôse—

Words derived from “bikses”

Every word from Middle Low German hôse →Every word from Middle Low German buxe →