Where does “miets” come from?

miets (Latvian) comes from Proto-Indo-European mēyt-, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

miets (Latvian): (pointy) stick, stake, picket, post, pole

Definitions

  1. (pointy) stick, stake, picket, post, pole

Ancestry of “miets”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmēyt-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēyt- →