plienas

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Related to Latvian pliens, Old Prussian playnis, with further origin outside of Baltic uncertain.[1] Trautmann suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *pleyn- (metal arrow), and compares Proto-Germanic *flainaz (hook, prong),[2] while Trubachev suggests a connection to plė́nis (embers, hot ash) (itself of unclear origin), noting that in ancient times, steel was made by heating iron, then cooling it and scraping off the ashy layers on top.[3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pliẽnas m stress pattern 4

  1. steel

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “pliẽnas”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 474
  2. ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “pliẽnas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 623
  3. ^ plienas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

Further reading

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