Where does “mēnesnīca” come from?

mēnesnīca (Latvian) comes from Latvian mēness, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

mēnesnīca (Latvian): moonlight; moon

Definitions

  1. moonlight; moon

Ancestry of “mēnesnīca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmēnessmoon; moon, satellite
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s →Every word from Latvian mēness →