Where does “teikums” come from?

teikums (Latvian) comes from Latvian teikt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic teyk-, from Proto-Indo-European tek- — to take by the hand; to receive, obtain; to weave.

teikums (Latvian): sentence, clause

Definitions

  1. sentence, clause

Ancestry of “teikums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianteiktto say, to tell; to say, to tell, to order, to...
2Proto-Balto-Slavicteyk-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantek-to take by the hand; to receive, obtain; to weave
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tek- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic teyk- →Every word from Latvian teikt →