Where does “mātīte” come from?
mātīte (Latvian) comes from Latvian māte, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mā́ˀtē, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.
mātīte (Latvian): female animal
Ancestry of “mātīte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | māte | mother; female individual of some animal species;... |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | mā́ˀtē | mother |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | méh₂tēr | mother |