Where does “pretruna” come from?

pretruna (Latvian) comes from Latvian runa, from Proto-Indo-European reu- — to peel, to pluck, to dig.

pretruna (Latvian): contradiction

Definitions

  1. contradiction

Ancestry of “pretruna”, step by step

pretruna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian runa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianrunaspeech, speaking, talking; talk, words; speech
2Proto-Indo-Europeanreu-to peel, to pluck, to dig

via Latvian pret

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianpretagainst; opposed to; in opposition
Every word from Proto-Indo-European reu- →Every word from Latvian runa →