Where does “runīgums” come from?

runīgums (Latvian) comes from Latvian runīgs, from Latvian runa, from Proto-Indo-European reu- — to peel, to pluck, to dig.

runīgums (Latvian): loquacity, talkativeness, verbosity

Definitions

  1. loquacity, talkativeness, verbosity

Ancestry of “runīgums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianrunīgstalkative; significant, meaningful
2Latvianrunaspeech, speaking, talking; talk, words; speech
3Proto-Indo-Europeanreu-to peel, to pluck, to dig
Every word from Proto-Indo-European reu- →Every word from Latvian runa →Every word from Latvian runīgs →