Where does “parakstīt” come from?

parakstīt (Latvian) comes from Latvian rakstīt, from Latvian rakt, from Proto-Baltic rak-, from Proto-Indo-European reḱ- — to bind.

parakstīt (Latvian): to sign write one's signature on

Definitions

  1. to sign write one's signature on

Ancestry of “parakstīt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianrakstītto write (to fix; to write; to write, to compose
2Latvianraktto dig; to spade; to shovel
3Proto-Balticrak-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanreḱ-to bind
Every word from Proto-Indo-European reḱ- →Every word from Proto-Baltic rak- →Every word from Latvian rakt →