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Where does “kustēt” come from?

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

kustēt (Latvian): to move

Definitions

  1. to move

Ancestry of “kustēt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviankusēt—
2Old Turkickus-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewk-flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten

Words derived from “kustēt”

  • kustīgs
  • kustīgums
  • kustēšana
  • kustība
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