Where does “daiļava” come from?
daiļava (Latvian) comes from Latvian daiļš, from Latvian dailus, from Proto-Balto-Slavic day-, from Proto-Indo-European dey- — to shine; to gleam, shimmer, shine; to swing, to...
daiļava (Latvian): beautiful woman, beauty
Ancestry of “daiļava”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | daiļš | very beautiful, lovely, exquisite; beautiful,... |
| 2 | Latvian | dailus | accusative plural masculine form of dails |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | day- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dey- | to shine; to gleam, shimmer, shine; to swing, to... |