Wait, are you telling me latyšski root for 'euro-' is 'eIro-'??
That's fucked up. I mean it's not the worst, it does make some sense. Personally I am a fan of 'evro-'.
>They explained that the use of euro <...> is ill-suited to the language because an eu diphthong does not exist in Latvian.
I guess it does make some sense, since the word eiropa is older than any connection to it besides just being in it.
Yet, nonetheless, adding exceptional diphtongs for a small number of foreign, international words is common practice...