Where does “spilvendrāna” come from?

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

spilvendrāna (Latvian): pillow case

Definitions

  1. pillow case

Ancestry of “spilvendrāna”, step by step

spilvendrāna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian spilvēns

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianspilvēnsalternative form of spilvens
2Latvian-ēnsAdded to nouns to form new nouns; possibly simply...
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*-ēnas—

via Latvian drāna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviandrānafabric; piece of cloth, handkerchief; clothes,...
2Indo-European*der-—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas →Every word from Latvian -ēns →Every word from Latvian spilvēns →