Where does “rātnums” come from?

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

rātnums (Latvian): obedience, good behavior

Definitions

  1. obedience, good behavior

Ancestry of “rātnums”, 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 →