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Where does “insuwis” come from?

insuwis (Old Prussian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀs, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dinźūˀs, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

insuwis (Old Prussian): tongue

Definitions

  1. tongue

Ancestry of “insuwis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavic*inźūˀs—
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*dinźūˀs—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →