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Where does “kļūdains” come from?

kļūdains (Latvian) comes from Latvian kļūda, 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-.

kļūdains (Latvian): erroneous, faulty, wrong, incorrect

Definitions

  1. erroneous, faulty, wrong, incorrect

Ancestry of “kļūdains”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviankļūdaerror, mistake; error
2Latviankļūdīt—
3Latviankļūtto become
4Proto-Balto-Slavickļūti—
5Proto-Balto-Slavicklʲū-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanklʲū-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanklew-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klew- →