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Where does “spļaut” come from?

spļaut (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic spyau-ti, from Proto-Indo-European p(ʰ)yēw-.

spļaut (Latvian): to spit, to expectorate; to spit

Definitions

  1. to spit, to expectorate; to spit

Ancestry of “spļaut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicspyau-ti—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanp(ʰ)yēw-—

Words derived from “spļaut”

  • spļāviens
  • spļaušana
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