akmens

Latvian

noun
Definitions
  • stone, rock non-metallic solid mineral, a piece of such mineral
  • in the genitive, used as adjective hard; indifferent, unfeeling, unrelenting, unshakable
  • precious stone, also an imitation of a precious stone
  • (medicine) stone, calculus a hard, usually saline, formation in the body
  • residue left in certain objects

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ákmō inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱ-mō, *h₂éḱmō.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂éḱ-mō, *h₂éḱmō

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