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
Ancestry of “redzoklis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | redze | vision, eyesight |
| 2 | Latvian | redzēt | to see; to see, to observe, to notice |
| 3 | Latvian | regt | — |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | reg- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | reǵ- | to bind; straight, direct; straight, right |