Where does “patēvs” come from?
patēvs (Latvian) comes from Latvian tēvs, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tevas, from Proto-Indo-European te- — father.
patēvs (Latvian): stepfather
Ancestry of “patēvs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | tēvs | father; God the Father; Father |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tevas | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | te- | father |