Where does “marta” come from?

marta (Latvian) comes from Latvian marts, from Latin Mārtius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

marta (Latvian): genitive singular form of marts

Definitions

  1. genitive singular form of marts

Ancestry of “marta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmartsthe month of March
2LatinMārtiusof or belonging to Mars, the god of war; sacred to Mars
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ius →Every word from Latin Mārtius →