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
- loquacity, talkativeness, verbosity
Ancestry of “runīgums”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | runīgs | talkative; significant, meaningful |
| 2 | Latvian | runa | speech, speaking, talking; talk, words; speech |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | reu- | to peel, to pluck, to dig |