Where does “Spāņmō” come from?
Spāņmō (Livonian) comes from Livonian spāņ, from Latvian Spānija, from Latvian -ija, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Ancestry of “Spāņmō”, step by step
Spāņmō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Livonian spāņ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Livonian | spāņ | — |
| 2 | Latvian | Spānija | — |
| 3 | Latvian | -ija | Usually added to foreign words to form nouns of... |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Livonian mǭ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Livonian | mǭ | ground |