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Where does “dumti” come from?

dumti (Lithuanian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic dumˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European dʰemH- — to whisk, smoke, blow; dust, haze, cloud; obscure.

dumti (Lithuanian): to blow; to blow with bellows; to breathe heavily

Definitions

  1. to blow; to blow with bellows; to breathe heavily

Ancestry of “dumti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicdumˀteito blow
2Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰemH-to whisk, smoke, blow; dust, haze, cloud; obscure
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