Where does “trūkums” come from?

trūkums (Latvian) comes from Latvian trūkt, from Proto-Baltic trūk-, from Proto-Indo-European trewk-.

trūkums (Latvian): lack, absence, shortage, scarcity, dearth

Definitions

  1. lack, absence, shortage, scarcity, dearth

Ancestry of “trūkums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviantrūktto lack, to be in short supply, to not be...
2Proto-Baltictrūk-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantrewk-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European trewk- →Every word from Proto-Baltic trūk- →Every word from Latvian trūkt →
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