Where does “greitakalbė” come from?

greitakalbė (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian kalba, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

greitakalbė (Lithuanian): tongue-twister

Definitions

  1. tongue-twister

Ancestry of “greitakalbė”, step by step

greitakalbė traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lithuanian kalba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuaniankalbalanguage; speech; vocative singular of kalba
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

via Lithuanian greĩtas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuaniangreĩtasquick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →Every word from Lithuanian kalba →