Where does “mēnessgaisma” come from?

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

mēnessgaisma (Latvian): moonlight

Definitions

  1. moonlight

Ancestry of “mēnessgaisma”, step by step

mēnessgaisma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian mēness

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmēnessmoon; moon, satellite
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

via Latvian gaisma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviangaismalight
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s →Every word from Latvian mēness →