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

Definitions

  1. female animal

Ancestry of “mātīte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmātemother; female individual of some animal species;...
2Proto-Balto-Slavicmā́ˀtēmother
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic mā́ˀtē →Every word from Latvian māte →
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