Where does “redzoklis” come from?

redzoklis (Latvian) comes from Latvian redze, from Latvian redzēt, from Latvian regt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic reg-, from Proto-Indo-European reǵ- — to bind; straight, direct; straight, right.

redzoklis (Latvian): pupil

Definitions

  1. pupil

Ancestry of “redzoklis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianredzevision, eyesight
2Latvianredzētto see; to see, to observe, to notice
3Latvianregt—
4Proto-Balto-Slavicreg-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanreǵ-to bind; straight, direct; straight, right
Every word from Proto-Indo-European reǵ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic reg- →Every word from Latvian regt →