Where does “mēslvabole” come from?
mēslvabole (Latvian) comes from Latvian vabole, from Proto-Balto-Slavic web-, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.
mēslvabole (Latvian): dung beetle
Ancestry of “mēslvabole”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | vabole | beetle |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | web- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | webʰ- | to weave, braid |