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Where does “pelēks” come from?

pelēks (Latvian) comes from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

pelēks (Latvian): gray; gray, cloudy; colorless, commonplace,...

Definitions

  1. gray; gray, cloudy; colorless, commonplace,...

Ancestry of “pelēks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “pelēks”

  • pelēcīgs
  • iepelēks
  • pelēkums
  • pelēkgans
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