Where does “vājprāts” come from?

vājprāts (Latvian) comes from Latvian vājš, from Proto-Indo-European wāy-, from Proto-Indo-European wē- — to winnow, thresh; to blow, to breathe.

vājprāts (Latvian): madness, insanity; nonsense, madness

Definitions

  1. madness, insanity; nonsense, madness

Ancestry of “vājprāts”, step by step

vājprāts traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian vājš

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianvājšweak; weak, poor; weak, mild, dim
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwāy-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwē-to winnow, thresh; to blow, to breathe

via Latvian prāts

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianprātsmind

Words derived from “vājprāts”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wē- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wāy- →Every word from Latvian vājš →