Where does “mikroviļņi” come from?

mikroviļņi (Latvian) comes from Latvian mikro-, from Ancient Greek μικρο-, from Ancient Greek μικρός, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

mikroviļņi (Latvian): microwaves

Definitions

  1. microwaves

Ancestry of “mikroviļņi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmikro-micro-
2Ancient Greekμικρο-micro
3Ancient Greekμικρόςlittle, small
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Ancient Greek μικρός →Every word from Ancient Greek μικρο- →