Where does “sniegbalts” come from?

sniegbalts (Latvian) comes from Latvian balts, from Proto-Balto-Slavic balt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bal-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

sniegbalts (Latvian): snow-white, very white, intense white; completely...

Definitions

  1. snow-white, very white, intense white; completely...

Ancestry of “sniegbalts”, step by step

sniegbalts traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian balts

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianbaltswhite; clean; counterrevolutionary, member of the...
2Proto-Balto-Slavicbaltto become white
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*bal-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Latvian sniegs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviansniegssnow
2Proto-Balto-Slavicsnáigassnow
3Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
4Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bal- →
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