Where does “spīdums” come from?

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

spīdums (Latvian): shine, glow; shine, gloss, luster; luster, shine,...

Definitions

  1. shine, glow; shine, gloss, luster; luster, shine,...

Ancestry of “spīdums”, 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- →Every word from Latvian spīdēt →Every word from Latvian spīde →