Where does “pīlēns” come from?
pīlēns (Latvian) comes from Latvian -ēns, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas.
pīlēns (Latvian): baby duck, duckling
Ancestry of “pīlēns”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | -ēns | Added to nouns to form new nouns; possibly simply... |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *-ēnas | — |