Where does “kult” come from?

kult (Latvian) comes from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

kult (Latvian): to thresh; to beat; to churn

Definitions

  1. to thresh; to beat; to churn

Ancestry of “kult”, step by step

kult traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European kʷel-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via Proto-Afro-Asiatic kul-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Afro-Asiatickul-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →