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
Ancestry of “mīkstums”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | mīksts | soft; provided with soft seats or beds; soft, not... |
| 2 | Latvian | mīkt | — |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | mik- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mēi- | — |