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Where does “rakt” come from?

rakt (Latvian) comes from Proto-Baltic rak-, from Proto-Indo-European reḱ- — to bind.

rakt (Latvian): to dig; to spade; to shovel

Definitions

  1. to dig; to spade; to shovel

Ancestry of “rakt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balticrak-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanreḱ-to bind

Words derived from “rakt”

  • rakstīt
  • rakstīšana
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