Where does “kailsēklis” come from?
kailsēklis (Latvian) comes from Latvian kails, from Proto-Baltic kail-, from Proto-Indo-European koil-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱei- — to lie with, store, be familiar.
kailsēklis (Latvian): gymnosperm
Ancestry of “kailsēklis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | kails | naked, nude, bare; bald; without leaves, without... |
| 2 | Proto-Baltic | kail- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | koil- | safe, unharmed |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱei- | to lie with, store, be familiar |