Where does “saņemt” come from?

saņemt (Latvian) comes from Latvian ņemt, from Latvian nemt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic yem-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁em- — to take; to distribute.

saņemt (Latvian): to receive, to get

Definitions

  1. to receive, to get

Ancestry of “saņemt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianņemtto take; to take along; to take, to get
2Latviannemtto take; to seize with one's hands for some purpose
3Proto-Balto-Slavicyem-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁em-to take; to distribute

Words derived from “saņemt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁em- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic yem- →Every word from Latvian nemt →