Where does “dwulecie” come from?
dwulecie (Polish) comes from Polish łat, from Latvian lats, from Latvian Latvija, from Latvian latvis, from Latvian latuvis, from Latvian Latuva.
dwulecie (Polish): two-year-long period, biennium
Definitions
- two-year-long period, biennium
Ancestry of “dwulecie”, step by step
dwulecie 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 dwa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polish | dwa | two |
| 2 | Old Polish | dwa | two |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | dъva | two |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | duwō | two |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |