Where does “dzīvniecisks” come from?

dzīvniecisks (Latvian) comes from Latvian dzīvnieks, from Latvian -išķs, from Latvian -isks, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

dzīvniecisks (Latvian): animal, bestial, brutal; brutal, bestial,...

Definitions

animal, bestial, brutal; brutal, bestial,...

Ancestry of “dzīvniecisks”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latvian	dzīvnieks	animal
2	Latvian	-išķs	Added to nouns to derive adjectives with the...
3	Latvian	-isks	Added to nouns to derive adjectives with the...
4	Proto-Indo-European	-iskos	Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Latvian -išķs →Every word from Latvian -isks →