Where does “vingrotājs” come from?

vingrotājs (Latvian) comes from Latvian vingrot, from Latvian vingrs, from Latvian vingt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic wing-, from Proto-Indo-European wen- — to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...

vingrotājs (Latvian): gymnast

Definitions

  1. gymnast

Ancestry of “vingrotājs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianvingrotto exercise, to do exercises; to do gymnastics
2Latvianvingrsfirm, strong, fit, agile, flexible; agile, strong
3Latvianvingtto bend
4Proto-Balto-Slavicwing-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwen-to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wen- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic wing- →Every word from Latvian vingt →