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Where does “dzimt” come from?

dzimt (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic gim-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

dzimt (Latvian): to be born

Definitions

  1. to be born

Ancestry of “dzimt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicgim-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

Words derived from “dzimt”

  • dzimumakts
  • dzimstība
  • dzimums
  • dzimumloceklis
  • dzimšana
  • dzimumorgāns
  • dzimumdziedzeris
  • dzimtene
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →