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uts

“uts” is a Latvian word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. louse, lice (many species of small insect parasites, all in the order Psocodea)

Etymology

Usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *wēt-, *wet-, *ut-, from the stem *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”) (whence also Latin vējš (“wind”), q.v.) with a suffix -t. J. Endzelīns, connecting this word to Old Prussian wutris (“blacksmith”), and noting the ancient link between the notions of “forging” and “pricking, piercing” (compare Latvian kalt (“to forge”), Russian коло́ть (kolótʹ, “to pierce”)), suggested…

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