Where does “spļāviens” come from?
spļāviens (Latvian) comes from Latvian spļaut, from Proto-Balto-Slavic spyau-ti, from Proto-Indo-European p(ʰ)yēw-.
spļāviens (Latvian): spit
Ancestry of “spļāviens”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | spļaut | to spit, to expectorate; to spit |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | spyau-ti | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | p(ʰ)yēw- | — |