Where does “brazīlisks” come from?
brazīlisks (Latvian) comes from Latvian Brazīlija, from Russian Брази́лия, from New Latin Brasilia, from Portuguese brasil, from Portuguese -il, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
brazīlisks (Latvian): Brazilian
Ancestry of “brazīlisks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | Brazīlija | Brazil |
| 2 | Russian | Брази́лия | — |
| 3 | New Latin | Brasilia | — |
| 4 | Portuguese | brasil | brazilwood; relating to embers, ember-coloured |
| 5 | Portuguese | -il | -ile |
| 6 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |