Where does “māsasdēls” come from?

māsasdēls (Latvian) comes from Latvian dēls, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dē-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰē-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

māsasdēls (Latvian): sororal nephew

Definitions

  1. sororal nephew

Ancestry of “māsasdēls”, step by step

māsasdēls traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian dēls

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviandēlsson
2Proto-Balto-Slavicdē-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰē-to lay; to put, place
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse

via Latvian māsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmāsasister; nurse
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmā-to stupefy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰē- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic dē- →