Where does “dzimumorgāns” come from?
dzimumorgāns (Latvian) comes from Latvian dzimums, from Latvian dzimt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic gim-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.
dzimumorgāns (Latvian): sex organ
Ancestry of “dzimumorgāns”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | dzimums | sex , gender |
| 2 | Latvian | dzimt | to be born |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | gim- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷem- | to step |