Where does “mīkstums” come from?

mīkstums (Latvian) comes from Latvian mīksts, from Latvian mīkt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mik-, from Proto-Indo-European mēi-.

mīkstums (Latvian): softness; soft part

Definitions

  1. softness; soft part

Ancestry of “mīkstums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmīkstssoft; provided with soft seats or beds; soft, not...
2Latvianmīkt—
3Proto-Balto-Slavicmik-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēi-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēi- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic mik- →Every word from Latvian mīkt →