Where does “pīlēns” come from?

pīlēns (Latvian) comes from Latvian -ēns, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas.

pīlēns (Latvian): baby duck, duckling

Definitions

  1. baby duck, duckling

Ancestry of “pīlēns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvian-ēnsAdded to nouns to form new nouns; possibly simply...
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*-ēnas—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas →Every word from Latvian -ēns →