maiznieks

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Latvian

Maiznieks

Etymology

Coined by Juris Alunāns in 1857, from maize (bread) +‎ -nieks.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

maiznieks m (1st declension, feminine form: maizniece)

  1. (male) baker (a man whose job it is to bake bread; owner of a bakery; bread trader)
    maiznieka amatsthe baker's craft
    bet Parīzes maiznieks naktī izcepa maizes klaipus vīriem, kas ieročus karsti pie sāniem spiež un Komūnas vārdu kā zvērestu runābut the Parisian baker during the night baked bread loaves for men who kept their hot weapons at their side and said the name of the Commune as (if it were) an oath

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References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “maize”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN