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Where does “lasīšana” come from?

lasīšana (Latvian) comes from Latvian lasīt, from Latvian lest, from Proto-Balto-Slavic les-tei, from Proto-Indo-European les- — to gather, to collect.

lasīšana (Latvian): reading, picking; verbal noun of lasīt

Definitions

  1. reading, picking; verbal noun of lasīt

Ancestry of “lasīšana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianlasītto read; to read, to lecture; to read, to recite
2Latvianlest—
3Proto-Balto-Slavicles-tei—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanles-to gather, to collect
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