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Where does “kļūda” come from?

kļūda (Latvian) comes from Latvian kļūdīt, from Latvian kļūt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kļūti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic klʲū-, from Proto-Indo-European klʲū-, from Proto-Indo-European klew-.

kļūda (Latvian): error, mistake; error

Definitions

  1. error, mistake; error

Ancestry of “kļūda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviankļūdīt—
2Latviankļūtto become
3Proto-Balto-Slavickļūti—
4Proto-Balto-Slavicklʲū-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanklʲū-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanklew-—

Words derived from “kļūda”

  • kļūdīgs
  • iespiedkļūda
  • kļūdains
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klew- →