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Where does “dienvidslāviete” come from?

dienvidslāviete (Latvian) comes from Latvian dienvidslāvs, from Latvian slāvs, from German Slawen, from German Slawe — Slav , member of a Slavic tribe.

dienvidslāviete (Latvian): a southern Slav, a member of one of the southern...

Definitions

  1. a southern Slav, a member of one of the southern...

Ancestry of “dienvidslāviete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviandienvidslāvsa southern Slav, a member of one of the southern...
2LatvianslāvsSlav, a man belonging to one of the Slavic...
3GermanSlawengenitive singular of Slawe; plural of Slawe
4GermanSlaweSlav , member of a Slavic tribe
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