Where does “lauvēns” come from?

lauvēns (Latvian) comes from Latvian -ēns, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas.

lauvēns (Latvian): lion cub

Definitions

  1. lion cub

Ancestry of “lauvēns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvian-ēnsAdded to nouns to form new nouns; possibly simply...
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*-ēnas—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas →Every word from Latvian -ēns →
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