Where does “butānietis” come from?

butānietis (Latvian) comes from Latvian -ietis — Added to nouns and adjectives to form masculine (-nieks) or feminine (-niece) nouns referring to people having the properties of the original noun, or living in the place designated by the original noun.

butānietis (Latvian): Bhutanese, a Bhutanese man, a man from Bhutan;...

Definitions

  1. Bhutanese, a Bhutanese man, a man from Bhutan;...

Ancestry of “butānietis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvian-ietisAdded to nouns and adjectives to form masculine (-nieks) or feminine (-niece) nouns referring to people having the properties of the original noun, or living in the place designated by the original noun
Every word from Latvian -ietis
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