maize

Latvian

noun
Definitions
  • bread foodstuff, baked from wheat, rye, sometimes corn
  • bread dough
  • (poetic) cereals, cereal grains, especially rye, wheat
  • (figuratively) food, nutrition
  • (figuratively) essential, necessary element
  • (figuratively) livelihood, means of supporting oneself; work

Etymology

Inherited from *maiž- derived from Proto-Indo-European *meyǵ-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*meyǵ-

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