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Where does “skābēt” come from?

skābēt (Latvian) comes from Latvian skābt, from Latvian skābti, from Proto-Baltic skāb-ti/tey, from Proto-Indo-European skēb-.

skābēt (Latvian): to make sour, to pickle

Definitions

  1. to make sour, to pickle

Ancestry of “skābēt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianskābtto become, go sour, acid; to become sour, surly,...
2Latvianskābti—
3Proto-Balticskāb-ti/tey—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskēb-—

Words derived from “skābēt”

  • skābēšana
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