Where does “spēcinieks” come from?

spēcinieks (Latvian) comes from Latvian spēks, from Proto-Baltic spēkas.

spēcinieks (Latvian): physically strong man

Definitions

  1. physically strong man

Ancestry of “spēcinieks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianspēksforce; force, strength, power; force, coercion,...
2Proto-Balticspēkas—
Every word from Proto-Baltic spēkas →Every word from Latvian spēks →