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Where does “kusēt” come from?

kusēt (Latvian) comes from Old Turkic kus-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewk- — flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten.

Ancestry of “kusēt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Turkickus-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewk-flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten

Words derived from “kusēt”

  • kustīgums
  • kustība
  • kustēt
  • kustēšana
  • kustīgs
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