Where does “miklums” come from?

miklums (Latvian) comes from Latvian mikls, from Latvian mīkt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mik-, from Proto-Indo-European mēi-.

miklums (Latvian): humidity, moisture, dampness; moisture, liquid...

Definitions

  1. humidity, moisture, dampness; moisture, liquid...

Ancestry of “miklums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmiklsa little humid, moist, damp; humid, moist
2Latvianmīkt
3Proto-Balto-Slavicmik-
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēi-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēi-Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic mik-Every word from Latvian mīkt
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