Where does “kustīgums” come from?

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

kustīgums (Latvian): mobility, activity, agility

Definitions

  1. mobility, activity, agility

Ancestry of “kustīgums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviankustīgsmobile, moving, active; moving
2Latviankustētto move
3Latviankusēt—
4Old Turkickus-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewk-flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱewk- →Every word from Old Turkic kus- →Every word from Latvian kusēt →