Where does “svešinieks” come from?
svešinieks (Latvian) comes from Latvian svešs, from Proto-Balto-Slavic swetyas, from Proto-Indo-European s(e)we-, from Proto-Indo-European se- — one's own.
svešinieks (Latvian): stranger
Ancestry of “svešinieks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | svešs | unknown, foreign; foreign, of others; of others;... |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | swetyas | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | s(e)we- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | se- | one's own |