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Where does “gais-” come from?

gais- (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰēy-.

Ancestry of “gais-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰēy-—

Words derived from “gais-”

  • gaisus
  • gaišs
  • gaišmatis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰēy- →