Where does “drēgnums” come from?
drēgnums (Latvian) comes from Latvian drēgns, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dreg-, from Proto-Indo-European der- — to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...
drēgnums (Latvian): humidity and cold
Ancestry of “drēgnums”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | drēgns | cold and humid |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | dreg- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |