Where does “ziemeļbriedis” come from?

ziemeļbriedis (Latvian) comes from Latvian Briedis, from Latvian briedis, from Proto-Balto-Slavic breid-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreydʰ-.

ziemeļbriedis (Latvian): reindeer

Definitions

  1. reindeer

Ancestry of “ziemeļbriedis”, step by step

ziemeļbriedis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian Briedis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatvianBriedisdeer, stag especially
2Latvianbriedisdeer, stag
3Proto-Balto-Slavicbreid-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreydʰ-—

via Latvian ziemeļi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianziemeļinorth; nominative plural form of ziemelis;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreydʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic breid- →Every word from Latvian briedis →