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Where does “spīdīgs” come from?

spīdīgs (Latvian) comes from Latvian spīde, from Latvian spīdēt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic spīd-.

spīdīgs (Latvian): shining, shiny, glossy, lustrous

Definitions

  1. shining, shiny, glossy, lustrous

Ancestry of “spīdīgs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianspīdegloss, luster, shine; part of the name of certain...
2Latvianspīdētto shine; to beam; to glitter
3Proto-Balto-Slavicspīd-—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic spīd- →