Where does “mežains” come from?
mežains (Latvian) comes from Latvian mežs, from Latvian mežas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic medjas, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.
mežains (Latvian): woody, forested
Ancestry of “mežains”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | mežs | forest |
| 2 | Latvian | mežas | — |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | medjas | — |
| 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 |