Pizā

piza Piza Latvian Proper noun lv proper noun form lv Piza loc s Livonian Etymology Historically Pissen (attested from 1502 as weg, den von Stanszen vnnd Piszen herkombt) – Latvian Miķeļbāka, Pizesciems (Pize) or officially lv Miķeļtornis, Livonian liv Pizā. This toponym could be of liv bat origin: compare Old Prussian Pysekaym (1384), Pisdekaym (1388), Piselauk (1419), and parallels can be found in Lithuanian toponymy as well, e.g. Pisa (river); compare also Latvian Pisiņš (lake), Pisupīte, etc. The Lithuanian linguist A. Vanagas connects all these toponyms with Latvian lv pisa a bog, marsh, swamp without a bottom where only small birches and firs grow, lv pise very thick forest. An Old Prussian personal name Pisz (1261) should be noted too.Kersti Boiko, Ziemeļkurzemes piekrastes lībiešu ciemu vietvārdi in Kersti Boiko's Lībieši – rakstu krājums, pages 219-220 Pronunciation Proper noun liv proper noun liv village r/Courland c/Latvia Miķeļtornis Pizā – Pizā – Miķeļtornis Miķeļtornis – Miķeļtornis – Miķeļtornis Declension 39 sg References