Ladin

Adjective

piens m pl

1. plural of pien

Latvian

Piens

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *pienas, from Proto-Indo-European *peynos, *poyHnos, from the stem *pey-, *poyH-, *pī- ‎(“to be fat”) (perhaps from earlier “to swell”). The meaning evolved from “fat, swollen” to “(breasts) full of milk” and finally “milk.” There was an old Proto-Baltic verb pīti ‎(“to give milk”), from which Lithuanian dialectal pýti ‎(“to give milk”); the corresponding Latvian term disappeared, perhaps because of homophony with pīt ‎(“to braid, to weave”). Cognates include Lithuanian píenas ‎(“milk”), Sanskrit पयते ‎(páyate, “to swell, to be too full”), पयस् ‎(páyas, “fluid, water, milk, rain”), Avestan 𐬞𐬌𐬞𐬌𐬌𐬏𐬱𐬌 ‎(pipyūši-, “having milk in her breasts”), Persian پینو ‎(pīnū, “buttermilk”), Middle Persian pēm ‎(“milk”), Estonian piim ‎(“milk”), Finnish piimä ‎(“buttermilk”), Latin opīmus ‎(“fat, plump; fruitful”). ^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pīɛ̄ns]

Noun

piens m (1st declension)

1. milk (nourishing liquid secreted by mammal females)

   mātes piens, krūts piens'‎ ― mother's milk, breast milk

   piena dziedzeri‎ ― mammary (lit. milk) glands

   govs, kazas, ķēves piens‎ ― cow's, goat's, horse's milk

   piena ēdieni, produkti‎ ― dairy foods, products

   piena kokteilis‎ ― milk shake (lit. milk cocktail)

   piena saldējums‎ ― ice-cream (lit. frozen milk)

   kafija ar pienu‎ ― coffee with milk

   pasterizēts piens‎ ― pasteurized milk

   kondensēts piens‎ ― condensed milk

Declension

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “piens”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7