Where does “kāsēt” come from?

kāsēt (Latvian) comes from Latvian kāss, from Latvian kāsus, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kās-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷās- — cough, to cough; to cough.

kāsēt (Latvian): to cough

Definitions

  1. to cough

Ancestry of “kāsēt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviankāsscough, coughing
2Latviankāsus—
3Proto-Balto-Slavickās-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷās-cough, to cough; to cough
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷās- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic kās- →Every word from Latvian kāsus →
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