Where does “jumts” come from?

jumts (Latvian) comes from Latvian jumt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic jumt, from Proto-Indo-European yew- — to mix.

jumts (Latvian): roof

Definitions

  1. roof

Ancestry of “jumts”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianjumtto cover a roof; to thatch
2Proto-Balto-Slavicjumt—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyew-to mix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yew- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic jumt →Every word from Latvian jumt →