Where does “svešs” come from?

svešs (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic swetyas, from Proto-Indo-European s(e)we-, from Proto-Indo-European se- — one's own.

svešs (Latvian): unknown, foreign; foreign, of others; of others;...

Definitions

  1. unknown, foreign; foreign, of others; of others;...

Ancestry of “svešs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicswetyas
2Proto-Indo-Europeans(e)we-
3Proto-Indo-Europeanse-one's own

Words derived from “svešs

Every word from Proto-Indo-European se-Every word from Proto-Indo-European s(e)we-Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic swetyas