Where does “dobums” come from?

dobums (Latvian) comes from Latvian dobs, from Latvian dobus, from Proto-Baltic duob-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb-.

dobums (Latvian): hollow; cavity

Definitions

  1. hollow; cavity

Ancestry of “dobums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviandobshollow
2Latviandobusaccusative plural masculine form of dobs
3Proto-Balticduob-—
4Proto-Indo-European*dʰewb-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- →Every word from Proto-Baltic duob- →Every word from Latvian dobus →