Where does “pašskanis” come from?

pašskanis (Latvian) comes from German Selbstlaut, from German Laut, from Middle High German lūt, from Old High German lūt, from Proto-West Germanic hlūd, from Proto-Germanic hlūdaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱlewtos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew- — to cover; to incline.

pašskanis (Latvian): idiophone

Definitions

  1. idiophone

Ancestry of “pašskanis”, step by step

pašskanis traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German Selbstlaut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSelbstlautvowel
2GermanLautsound; noise
3Middle High Germanlūtloud
4Old High Germanlūtloud
5Proto-West Germanichlūdloud; sound
6Proto-Germanichlūdazloud; famous
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱlewtosheard, famous
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱlew-to hear
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

via Latvian paš

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianpaš—
2Latvianpātslight brown, yellowish gray

via Latvian skanēt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianskanētto sound; to resound; to ring
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- →
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