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Where does “pīle” come from?

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

pīle (Latvian): duck; false sensationalist rumors

Definitions

  1. duck; false sensationalist rumors

Ancestry of “pīle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpī-to be fat; to drink

Words derived from “pīle”

  • pīlēns
  • pīļknābis
  • cekulpīle
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