Where does “spēkrats” come from?

spēkrats (Latvian) comes from Latvian rats, from Proto-Indo-European ret(h).

spēkrats (Latvian): car; motor vehicle

Definitions

  1. car; motor vehicle

Ancestry of “spēkrats”, step by step

spēkrats traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian rats

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianratswheel; cart, carriage
2Proto-Indo-Europeanret(h)—

via Latvian spēks

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianspēksforce; force, strength, power; force, coercion,...
2Proto-Balticspēkas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ret(h) →Every word from Latvian rats →
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