Where does “pelēkums” come from?

pelēkums (Latvian) comes from Latvian -ums, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -umas.

pelēkums (Latvian): gray, grayness

Definitions

  1. gray, grayness

Ancestry of “pelēkums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvian-umsAdded to adjectives to form nouns indicating a...
2Proto-Balto-Slavic-umas—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -umas →Every word from Latvian -ums →