Where does “pasaule” come from?
pasaule (Latvian) comes from Latvian saule, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sáuˀlijāˀ.
pasaule (Latvian): world
Ancestry of “pasaule”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | saule | sun; sun, sunlight; world |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *sáuˀlijāˀ | — |