Where does “sārtums” come from?

sārtums (Latvian) comes from Latvian sārts, from Proto-Baltic sartas, from Proto-Indo-European sēr-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

sārtums (Latvian): pink, pinkness, rosiness, reddishness

Definitions

  1. pink, pinkness, rosiness, reddishness

Ancestry of “sārtums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviansārtslarge bonfire; pale red, light red, pinkish red,...
2Proto-Balticsartas—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansēr-to flow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sēr- →Every word from Proto-Baltic sartas →
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