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Where does “britisks” come from?

britisks (Latvian) comes from Latvian brits, from Latin britto, from Latin Brittania, from Ancient Greek Βρεττανία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

britisks (Latvian): British

Definitions

  1. British

Ancestry of “britisks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianbritsa Briton, a British man, a man born in Great...
2Latinbritto—
3LatinBrittaniaBritain
4Ancient GreekΒρεττανία—
5Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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