Where does “kūtsmēsli” come from?
kūtsmēsli (Latvian) comes from Latvian kūts, from Latvian kūt, from Proto-Indo-European gū- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
kūtsmēsli (Latvian): manure
Ancestry of “kūtsmēsli”, step by step
kūtsmēsli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latvian kūts
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | kūts | barn, shed, pen, sty |
| 2 | Latvian | kūt | to hit, to strike |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Latvian mēsli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | mēsli | dung, manure, animal excrement; fertilizer; dirt,... |
| 2 | Latvian | mēzt | to remove with shovel, to clean with shovel |