Where does “zemiskums” come from?

zemiskums (Latvian) comes from Latvian zemisks, from Latvian -išķs, from Latvian -isks, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

zemiskums (Latvian): vileness, baseness, meanness

Definitions

  1. vileness, baseness, meanness

Ancestry of “zemiskums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianzemiskslowly, base, mean, vile, despicable
2Latvian-išķsAdded to nouns to derive adjectives with the...
3Latvian-isksAdded to nouns to derive adjectives with the...
4Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Latvian -išķs →Every word from Latvian -isks →