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Where does “zaglīgs” come from?

zaglīgs (Latvian) comes from Latvian -īgs, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

zaglīgs (Latvian): thievish; furtive, sneaky, stealthy

Definitions

  1. thievish; furtive, sneaky, stealthy

Ancestry of “zaglīgs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvian-īgsAdded to nouns or verbs to derive adjectives with...
2Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
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