Where does “dobs” come from?
dobs (Latvian) comes from Latvian dobus, from Proto-Baltic duob-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb-.
dobs (Latvian): hollow
Ancestry of “dobs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | dobus | accusative plural masculine form of dobs |
| 2 | Proto-Baltic | duob- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰewb- | — |
Words derived from “dobs”