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Where does “orientēšanās” come from?

orientēšanās (Latvian) comes from Latvian -šanās, from Latvian -šana — Added to verbs to form feminine action nouns,...

orientēšanās (Latvian): orienting oneself, finding one's way

Definitions

  1. orienting oneself, finding one's way

Ancestry of “orientēšanās”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvian-šanāsThe counterpart of -šana that occurs with...
2Latvian-šanaAdded to verbs to form feminine action nouns,...
Every word from Latvian -šana →