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
- reading, picking; verbal noun of lasīt
Ancestry of “lasīšana”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | lasīt | to read; to read, to lecture; to read, to recite |
| 2 | Latvian | lest | — |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | les-tei | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | les- | to gather, to collect |