Where does “slaikums” come from?

slaikums (Latvian) comes from Latvian -ums, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -umas.

slaikums (Latvian): slenderness, slimness

Definitions

  1. slenderness, slimness

Ancestry of “slaikums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvian-umsAdded to adjectives to form nouns indicating a...
2Proto-Balto-Slavic-umas—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -umas →Every word from Latvian -ums →