Where does “raktuve” come from?

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

raktuve (Latvian): mine, pit

Definitions

  1. mine, pit

Ancestry of “raktuve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianraktto dig; to spade; to shovel
2Proto-Balticrak-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanreḱ-to bind
Every word from Proto-Indo-European reḱ- →Every word from Proto-Baltic rak- →Every word from Latvian rakt →