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Where does “mīkst” come from?

mīkst (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic mink-, from Proto-Indo-European menk- — maimed, mutilation, torment; to knead, to crush;...

mīkst (Latvian): to become soft

Definitions

  1. to become soft

Ancestry of “mīkst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicmink-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmenk-maimed, mutilation, torment; to knead, to crush;...

Words derived from “mīkst”

  • mīksts
  • mīkstums
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