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
- snow-white, very white, intense white; completely...
Ancestry of “sniegbalts”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | balts | white; clean; counterrevolutionary, member of the... |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | balt | to become white |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *bal- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |