Editing Latvian language (section)

== Loanwords ==

During the period of [[Livonia]], many [[Middle Low German]] words such as ''amats'' (profession), ''dambis'' (dam), ''būvēt'' (to build) and ''bikses'' (trousers) were borrowed into Latvian, while the period of [[Swedish Livonia]] brought loanwords like ''skurstenis'' (chimney) from [[Swedish language|Swedish]].<ref name="Veips">{{Cite web |last=Veips |first=Lauris |date=13 May 2017 |title=From the Language of Serfs to Official EU Communication – the Journey of Latvian |url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/features/from-the-language-of-serfs-to-official-eu-communication-the-journey-of-latvian.a236321/ |access-date=27 October 2017 |website=[[Public Broadcasting of Latvia|LSM.lv]] |language=en}}</ref> It also has loanwords from the [[Finnic languages]], mainly from [[Livonian language|Livonian]] and [[Estonian language|Estonian]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baltic languages – Loanwords in Baltic |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Baltic-languages/Loanwords-in-Baltic |website=britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> There are about 500 to 600 borrowings from Finnic languages in Latvian, for example: ''māja'' ‘house’ (Liv. ''mōj''), ''puika'' ‘boy’ (Liv. ''pūoga''), ''pīlādzis'' ‘mountain ash’ (Liv. ''pī’lõg''), ''sēne'' ‘mushroom’ (Liv. ''sēņ'').<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Stafecka |first=Anna |date=2014 |title=Baltic and Finnic linguistic relations reflected in geolinguistic studies of the Baltic languages |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290838706 |journal=}}</ref>

Loanwords from other Baltic language include ''ķermenis'' (body) from [[Old Prussian language|Old Prussian]], as well as ''veikals'' (store) and ''paģiras'' (hangover) from [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]].<ref name="Veips" />