Where does “mazums” come from?

mazums (Latvian) comes from Latvian -ums, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -umas.

mazums (Latvian): smallness, littleness; small number, volume,...

Definitions

  1. smallness, littleness; small number, volume,...

Ancestry of “mazums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvian-umsAdded to adjectives to form nouns indicating a...
2Proto-Balto-Slavic-umas—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -umas →Every word from Latvian -ums →