Where does “lanka” come from?

lanka (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic lankāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European lengʷʰ- — light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...

lanka (Latvian): marshy meadow

Definitions

  1. marshy meadow

Ancestry of “lanka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slaviclankāˀ
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlengʷʰ-light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lengʷʰ-Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic lankāˀ
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