Where does “pēkšņs” come from?

pēkšņs (Latvian) comes from Latvian pēkšņi, from Latvian pēši, from Latvian pēs-šas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pēs-tyos, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-tyos, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-tis — going on foot.

pēkšņs (Latvian): sudden, abrupt

Definitions

  1. sudden, abrupt

Ancestry of “pēkšņs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianpēkšņinominative plural masculine form of pēkšņs;...
2Latvianpēši—
3Latvianpēs-šas—
4Proto-Balto-Slavicpēs-tyos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-tyos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-tisgoing on foot

Words derived from “pēkšņs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pēd-tis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pēd-tyos →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic pēs-tyos →