Where does “galdnieks” come from?
galdnieks (Latvian) comes from Latvian galds, from Proto-Balto-Slavic geld-, from Proto-Indo-European geldʰ-.
galdnieks (Latvian): carpenter
Ancestry of “galdnieks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | galds | table; table, buffet; board especially treated to... |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | geld- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | geldʰ- | — |