Where does “smagums” come from?
smagums (Latvian) comes from Latvian smags, from Proto-Balto-Slavic smag-, from Proto-Indo-European smog- — such that it presses heavily; to work hard, to...
smagums (Latvian): weight, heaviness; gravity; heaviness, weight;...
Definitions
- weight, heaviness; gravity; heaviness, weight;...
Ancestry of “smagums”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | smags | heavy; heavy, dark; heavy, hard, tough, difficult |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | smag- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | smog- | such that it presses heavily; to work hard, to... |