Where does “milzene” come from?
milzene (Latvian) comes from Latvian milzis, from Latvian milzt, from Proto-Baltic melž-, from Proto-Indo-European melǵʰ.
milzene (Latvian): giant, colossus
Ancestry of “milzene”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | milzis | giant |
| 2 | Latvian | milzt | to swell, to grow, to increase |
| 3 | Proto-Baltic | melž- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | melǵʰ | — |