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Where does “pilns” come from?

pilns (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic pílˀnas, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

pilns (Latvian): full; full, complete, whole, entire; full, whole,...

Definitions

  1. full; full, complete, whole, entire; full, whole,...

Ancestry of “pilns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicpílˀnasfull
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “pilns”

  • pilnīgs
  • pilnība
  • raižpilns
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