Where does “aššõ” come from?
aššõ (Livonian) comes from Latvian ašs, from Latvian asus, from Proto-Baltic ašus, from Spanish ajos, from Latin allium, from Proto-Indo-European ālu-.
aššõ (Livonian): quick, swift
Ancestry of “aššõ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | ašs | quick, fast, swift |
| 2 | Latvian | asus | accusative plural masculine form of ass |
| 3 | Proto-Baltic | ašus | — |
| 4 | Spanish | ajos | plural of ajo |
| 5 | Latin | allium | late form of ālium |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ālu- | — |