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
- vileness, baseness, meanness
Ancestry of “zemiskums”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | zemisks | lowly, base, mean, vile, despicable |
| 2 | Latvian | -išķs | Added to nouns to derive adjectives with the... |
| 3 | Latvian | -isks | Added to nouns to derive adjectives with the... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |