Where does “maize” come from?

maize (Latvian) comes from Proto-Baltic maiž-, from Proto-Indo-European meyǵ-.

maize (Latvian): bread; bread dough; cereals, cereal grains,...

Definitions

  1. bread; bread dough; cereals, cereal grains,...

Ancestry of “maize”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balticmaiž-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyǵ-—

Words derived from “maize”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Baltic maiž- →