Where does “czternastolecie” come from?
czternastolecie (Polish) comes from Polish łat, from Latvian lats, from Latvian Latvija, from Latvian latvis, from Latvian latuvis, from Latvian Latuva.
czternastolecie (Polish): fourteen-year-long period
Definitions
- fourteen-year-long period
Ancestry of “czternastolecie”, step by step
czternastolecie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish łat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | łat | lat |
| 2 | Latvian | lats | lats monetary unit of Latvia between 1922 and 1940, and again between 1993 and 2013; replaced by the Euro on Jan. 1st, 2014 |
| 3 | Latvian | Latvija | Latvia |
| 4 | Latvian | latvis | a Latvian, a Lett; a member of the Latvian... |
| 5 | Latvian | latuvis | — |
| 6 | Latvian | Latuva | — |
via Polish czternaście
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | czternaście | fourteen |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | *čьtyre na desęte | — |