Where does “lielkņazs” come from?

lielkņazs (Latvian) comes from Latvian liels, from Proto-Indo-European lei-, from Proto-Indo-European ēl- — awl, prong.

lielkņazs (Latvian): grand duke

Definitions

  1. grand duke

Ancestry of “lielkņazs”, step by step

lielkņazs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian liels

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianlielsbig, large; intense, loud; high, great, large
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlei-to flow, pour; to bend; to pour, to flow, to drip
3Proto-Indo-Europeanēl-awl, prong

via Latvian kņazs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviankņazsprince; grand duke
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ēl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European lei- →Every word from Latvian liels →