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From Proto-Baltic*pā́ˀinas, from Proto-Indo-European*peynos, *poyHnos, from the stem *peyh₂-(“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 comes dialectal Lithuanianpýti(“to give milk”); the corresponding Latvian term disappeared, perhaps because of homophony with pīt(“to braid, to weave”). Cognates include Lithuanianpíenas(“milk”), Sanskritपयते(páyate, “to swell, to be too full”), पयस्(páyas, “fluid, water, milk, rain”), Avestan𐬞𐬌𐬞𐬌𐬌𐬏𐬱𐬌-(pipiiūši-, “having milk in her breasts”), Persianپینو(pinu, “buttermilk”), Middle Persianpēm(“milk”), Latinopīmus(“fat, plump; fruitful”).[1]