Where does “dzīvnieks” come from?

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

dzīvnieks (Latvian): animal

Definitions

  1. animal

Ancestry of “dzīvnieks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvian-išķsAdded to nouns to derive adjectives with the...
2Latvian-isksAdded to nouns to derive adjectives with the...
3Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

Words derived from “dzīvnieks”

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