Where does “svešums” come from?

svešums (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.

svešums (Latvian): foreign land, country; strangeness, foreignness,...

Definitions

  1. foreign land, country; strangeness, foreignness,...

Ancestry of “svešums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviansvešsunknown, foreign; foreign, of others; of others;...
2Proto-Balto-Slavicswetyas—
3Proto-Indo-Europeans(e)we-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanse-one's own
Every word from Proto-Indo-European se- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European s(e)we- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic swetyas →
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