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Where does “kaza” come from?

kaza (Latvian) comes from Russian коза́, from Proto-Slavic koža, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.

kaza (Latvian): goat; female goat; unruly, flippant, frivolous...

Definitions

  1. goat; female goat; unruly, flippant, frivolous...

Ancestry of “kaza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкоза́goat
2Proto-Slavickožaskin; leather
3Proto-Slavic-jaSuffix creating feminine action nouns, usually...
4Proto-Indo-European-yeh₂—

Words derived from “kaza”

  • kazlēns
  • kazene
  • kazu
  • kazām
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂ →