Where does “grūtums” come from?

grūtums (Latvian) comes from Latvian -ums, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -umas.

grūtums (Latvian): difficulty, toughness; difficulty, hardship;...

Definitions

  1. difficulty, toughness; difficulty, hardship;...

Ancestry of “grūtums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvian-umsAdded to adjectives to form nouns indicating a...
2Proto-Balto-Slavic-umas—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -umas →Every word from Latvian -ums →