< Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/śeimā́ˀ
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Proto-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-meh₂ (“settlement, village; family”), from the root *tḱey- (“to lie down; to settle, inhabit”).
Descendants
- East Baltic:
- Latvian: saime
- Lithuanian: šeima