Where does “bendrapilietis” come from?

bendrapilietis (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian piliẽtis, from Lithuanian pilis, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pilis, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁-í-s, from Proto-Indo-European tpelH- — fortification, city.

bendrapilietis (Lithuanian): fellow citizen

Definitions

  1. fellow citizen

Ancestry of “bendrapilietis”, step by step

bendrapilietis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lithuanian piliẽtis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianpiliẽtiscitizen
2Lithuanianpilis"or"; castle, stronghold; palace
3Proto-Balto-Slavicpilis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁-í-s—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeantpelH-fortification, city

via Lithuanian beñdras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianbeñdrascommon; general
2Lithuanian-áutiForms verbs from other parts of speech, especially in meaning "to act as (someone or something)"
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tpelH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁-í-s →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic pilis →