Where does “maiznieks” come from?
maiznieks (Latvian) comes from Latvian maize, from Proto-Baltic maiž-, from Proto-Indo-European meyǵ-.
maiznieks (Latvian): baker
Ancestry of “maiznieks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | maize | bread; bread dough; cereals, cereal grains,... |
| 2 | Proto-Baltic | maiž- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | meyǵ- | — |