Where does “lapsēns” come from?

lapsēns (Latvian) comes from Latvian Lapsa, from Latvian lapsa, from Latvian lapesa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic lap-.

lapsēns (Latvian): baby, young fox, fox cubs

Definitions

  1. baby, young fox, fox cubs

Ancestry of “lapsēns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatvianLapsafox esp
2Latvianlapsafox; fox, old fox
3Latvianlapesa—
4Proto-Balto-Slaviclap-—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic lap- →Every word from Latvian lapesa →Every word from Latvian lapsa →