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

  1. weight, heaviness; gravity; heaviness, weight;...

Ancestry of “smagums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviansmagsheavy; heavy, dark; heavy, hard, tough, difficult
2Proto-Balto-Slavicsmag-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmog-such that it presses heavily; to work hard, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smog- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic smag- →Every word from Latvian smags →