Where does “milzīgums” come from?
milzīgums (Latvian) comes from Latvian milzīgs, from Latvian milzis, from Latvian milzt, from Proto-Baltic melž-, from Proto-Indo-European melǵʰ.
milzīgums (Latvian): enormousness, hugeness, greatness
Definitions
- enormousness, hugeness, greatness
Ancestry of “milzīgums”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | milzīgs | huge, enormous, giant; giant, huge, enormous;... |
| 2 | Latvian | milzis | giant |
| 3 | Latvian | milzt | to swell, to grow, to increase |
| 4 | Proto-Baltic | melž- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | melǵʰ | — |