Where does “japānisks” come from?

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

japānisks (Latvian): Japanese

Definitions

  1. Japanese

Ancestry of “japānisks”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Latvian -išķs →Every word from Latvian -isks →