Where does “sausums” come from?
sausums (Latvian) comes from Latvian sauss, from Proto-Baltic sausas, from Proto-Indo-European saus- — dry, parched.
sausums (Latvian): drought; dry land; dryness
Definitions
- drought; dry land; dryness
Ancestry of “sausums”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | sauss | dry; dry, thin, weak; dry, toneless, hollow] |
| 2 | Proto-Baltic | sausas | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | saus- | dry, parched |