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Where does “zvaigzde” come from?

zvaigzde (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic žvaig-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰweygʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰey- — winter.

Ancestry of “zvaigzde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicžvaig-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰweygʷ-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰey-winter

Words derived from “zvaigzde”

  • pundurzvaigzne
  • zvaigzne
  • zvaigznājs
  • kinozvaigzne
  • starpzvaigžņu
  • zvaigžņu
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰey- →