Where does “pasaulietis” come from?

pasaulietis (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian pasaulis, from Lithuanian saulė, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sáuˀlijāˀ — sun.

pasaulietis (Lithuanian): layman, laic

Definitions

  1. layman, laic

Ancestry of “pasaulietis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianpasaulisworld
2Lithuaniansaulėsun
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*sáuˀlijāˀsun
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sáuˀlijāˀ →Every word from Lithuanian saulė →Every word from Lithuanian pasaulis →