Where does “darbaļaudis” come from?
darbaļaudis (Latvian) comes from Latvian darba, from Latvian darbs, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dar-bas, from Proto-Indo-European der- — to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...
darbaļaudis (Latvian): working people, workers
Ancestry of “darbaļaudis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | darba | genitive singular form of darbs; work |
| 2 | Latvian | darbs | work , job, business |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | dar-bas | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |