Where does “zāģētava” come from?
zāģētava (Latvian) comes from Latvian zāģēt, from Latvian zāģis, from Middle Dutch zage.
zāģētava (Latvian): sawmill
Ancestry of “zāģētava”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | zāģēt | to saw; to play very ineptly, producing... |
| 2 | Latvian | zāģis | saw |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | zage | — |