Where does “mežāzis” come from?
mežāzis (Latvian) comes from Latvian meža, from Russian межа́, from Proto-Slavic meďa, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.
mežāzis (Latvian): male roe deer
Ancestry of “mežāzis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | meža | genitive singular form of mežs; forest |
| 2 | Russian | межа́ | balk, unplowed strip of land; border; little... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | meďa | border, boundary, balk |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |