Where does “lietuvis” come from?

lietuvis (Latvian) comes from Latvian Lietuva, from Proto-Slavic Lētuvā.

lietuvis (Latvian): a Lithuanian; Lithuanian, pertaining to...

Definitions

  1. a Lithuanian; Lithuanian, pertaining to...

Ancestry of “lietuvis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatvianLietuvaLithuanian; Lithuania
2Proto-SlavicLētuvā—
Every word from Proto-Slavic Lētuvā →Every word from Latvian Lietuva →