Where does “svešvaloda” come from?

svešvaloda (Latvian) comes from Latvian valoda, from Proto-Indo-European wēl- — to see, perceive.

svešvaloda (Latvian): foreign language

Definitions

  1. foreign language

Ancestry of “svešvaloda”, step by step

svešvaloda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian valoda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianvalodalanguage
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-to see, perceive

via Latvian sveša

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviansvešagenitive singular masculine form of svešs;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēl- →Every word from Latvian valoda →