Where does “velnēns” come from?

velnēns (Latvian) comes from Latvian -ēns, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas.

velnēns (Latvian): young, not fully grown devil, demon

Definitions

  1. young, not fully grown devil, demon

Ancestry of “velnēns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvian-ēnsAdded to nouns to form new nouns; possibly simply...
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*-ēnas—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas →Every word from Latvian -ēns →