Where does “fakt” come from?

fakt (Livonian) comes from Latvian fakts, from Latin factum, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

fakt (Livonian): fact

Definitions

  1. fact

Ancestry of “fakt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianfaktsfact
2Latinfactumfact, deed, act, doing; achievement; accusative...
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Latin factum →Every word from Latvian fakts →