Where does “melnaugļu” come from?
melnaugļu (Latvian) comes from Latvian augļu, from Latvian auglis, from Latvian augt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic augtei, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-.
melnaugļu (Latvian): having black fruits
Ancestry of “melnaugļu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | augļu | genitive plural form of auglis; fruit |
| 2 | Latvian | auglis | fruit; fetus; result, consequence of an action,... |
| 3 | Latvian | augt | to grow; to grow, to mature, to grow into; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | augtei | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |