pieva

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *poyH-weh₂, and cognate with Ancient Greek πόα (póa, grass), Latvian pļava.[1] Derksen originally derived the Proto-Indo-European formation further from *peh₂- (to protect), but later prefers a derivation from *peyh₂- (to swell, be fat).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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píeva f (plural píevos) stress pattern 1

  1. meadow

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ píeva” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–).
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “pieva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 354-5