Where does “pīļknābis” come from?

pīļknābis (Latvian) comes from Latvian pīle, from Proto-Indo-European pī- — to be fat; to drink.

pīļknābis (Latvian): duckbill; platypus; ornithorhynchus

Definitions

  1. duckbill; platypus; ornithorhynchus

Ancestry of “pīļknābis”, step by step

pīļknābis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian pīle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianpīleduck; false sensationalist rumors
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpī-to be fat; to drink

via Latvian knābis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianknābisbeak, bill
2Latvianknābtto peck
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pī- →Every word from Latvian pīle →