Where does “spīdekle” come from?

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

spīdekle (Latvian): (female) luminary

Definitions

  1. (female) luminary

Ancestry of “spīdekle”, step by step

spīdekle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian spīdēt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianspīdētto shine; to beam; to glitter
2Proto-Balto-Slavicspīd-—

via Latvian ekle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianekle—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic spīd- →Every word from Latvian spīdēt →