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Where does “labs” come from?

labs (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic labas, from Proto-Indo-European labʰ- — to seize, to grab; to slurp; lick; smack.

labs (Latvian): good; good, tame, peaceful; for the good of, for...

Definitions

  1. good; good, tame, peaceful; for the good of, for...

Ancestry of “labs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slaviclabas—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlabʰ-to seize, to grab; to slurp; lick; smack

Words derived from “labs”

  • labvakars
  • labestība
  • arlabunakti
  • laba
  • arlabvakar
  • labējs
  • labrīts
  • labi
  • labrīt
  • labvakar
  • labums
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