pjäs
Swedish
/pjɛːs/
noun
Definitions
- a piece, a play; theatrical performance
- a piece, a canon
- a man (piece in board games)
Etymology
Derived from French pièce derived from Latin pettia derived from Gaulish *pettyā derived from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (portion, piece).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*kʷezdis
Gloss
portion, piece
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- pettia Latin
- pitinnus Latin
- pezzo Italian
- emporte-pièce French
- pièce French
- piécette French
- пье́са Russian
- пьеса Russian
- pieza Spanish, Castilian
- peça Portuguese
- schack Swedish
- schackpjäs Swedish
- pjece Danish
- piece Old French
- peco Esperanto
- peça Catalan, Valencian
- piesă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- beth Welsh
- pjesë Albanian
- piece Middle French
- פּיעסע Yiddish
- *kʷezdis Proto-Celtic
- piyes Northern Kurdish
- piece xno
- *peθ Proto-Brythonic
- *pettya Gaulish
- *pettyā Gaulish
- *pettyā Gaulish
- pettia LL