Where does “smagā” come from?

smagā (Livonian) comes from Latvian smags, from Proto-Balto-Slavic smag-, from Proto-Indo-European smog- — such that it presses heavily; to work hard, to...

smagā (Livonian): hard, difficult, tough

Definitions

  1. hard, difficult, tough

Ancestry of “smagā”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviansmagsheavy; heavy, dark; heavy, hard, tough, difficult
2Proto-Balto-Slavicsmag-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmog-such that it presses heavily; to work hard, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smog- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic smag- →Every word from Latvian smags →