Where does “maiznieks” come from?

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

maiznieks (Latvian): baker

Definitions

  1. baker

Ancestry of “maiznieks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmaizebread; bread dough; cereals, cereal grains,...
2Proto-Balticmaiž-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Baltic maiž- →Every word from Latvian maize →