Where does “pirkums” come from?
pirkums (Latvian) comes from Latvian pirkt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic per-k-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
pirkums (Latvian): purchase
Ancestry of “pirkums”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | pirkt | to buy, to purchase; to buy |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | per-k- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |