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Where does “dugnas” come from?

dugnas (Lithuanian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic dubna, from Proto-Indo-European dʰubʰnós, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewb- — deep, hollow; depths, hollow, deep, bottom.

dugnas (Lithuanian): bottom; background; groundwork

Definitions

  1. bottom; background; groundwork

Ancestry of “dugnas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicdubna—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰubʰnósdeep
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewb-deep, hollow; depths, hollow, deep, bottom

Words derived from “dugnas”

  • bedugnis
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