Latvian slāvs

← Old Church Slavonic слово (derived)

← German Slawen (borrowed)

← Russian сло́во (cognate)

← Russian слыть (cognate)

← Proto-Slavic *sluti (mention)

← Proto-Slavic *slovǫ (mention)

→ Latvian dienvidslāvs (compound)

→ Latvian slāviete (suffix)

→ Latvian slāvisks (suffix)