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Where does “skābs” come from?

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

skābs (Latvian): 3rd person singular future indicative form of...

Definitions

  1. 3rd person singular future indicative form of...

Ancestry of “skābs”, step by step

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

Words derived from “skābs”

  • skābums
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