Where does “peldēšana” come from?

peldēšana (Latvian) comes from Latvian peldēt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic peld-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

peldēšana (Latvian): swimming, floating, sailing; verbal noun of...

Definitions

  1. swimming, floating, sailing; verbal noun of...

Ancestry of “peldēšana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianpeldētto swim; to float; to sail; to float, to hover
2Proto-Balto-Slavicpeld-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic peld- →Every word from Latvian peldēt →