Where does “sarkums” come from?
sarkums (Latvian) comes from Latvian sarkt, from Latvian sarkans, from Latvian sarks, from Proto-Balto-Slavic sark-.
sarkums (Latvian): redness; reddened area ; blushing
Definitions
- redness; reddened area ; blushing
Ancestry of “sarkums”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | sarkt | to blush, to become red; to become red, to... |
| 2 | Latvian | sarkans | red; red, brownish red |
| 3 | Latvian | sarks | 3rd person singular future indicative form of... |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | sark- | — |