Where does “smukums” come from?

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

smukums (Latvian): beauty

Definitions

  1. beauty

Ancestry of “smukums”, 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 →