Where does “dakšiņa” come from?
dakšiņa (Latvian) comes from Latvian dakša, from Proto-Baltic daš-, from Proto-Indo-European deḱ — to pluck, sever, split.
dakšiņa (Latvian): diminutive of dakša; fork
Definitions
- diminutive of dakša; fork
Ancestry of “dakšiņa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | dakša | fork, pitchfork; part of a machine composed of... |
| 2 | Proto-Baltic | daš- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | deḱ | to pluck, sever, split |