− | From {{suffix|spilve|ens|gloss1=cotton grass|lang=lv}} (ultimately from the same stem as {{term|spalva|lang=lv}}), apparently because pillows were made with it. Dialectal variants include {{term|spilvēns|lang=lv}}, {{term|spilvenis|lang=lv}}, {{term|spilvins|lang=lv}}, {{term|spalvenis|lang=lv}}.<ref>Karulis, Konstantīns. 1992, 2001. ''Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca.'' Rīga: AVOTS. ISBN 9984700127.</ref> | + | From {{suffix|spilve|ens|gloss1=cottongrass|lang=lv}} (ultimately from the same stem as {{term|spalva|lang=lv}}), apparently because pillows were made with it. Dialectal variants include {{term|spilvēns|lang=lv}}, {{term|spilvenis|lang=lv}}, {{term|spilvins|lang=lv}}, {{term|spalvenis|lang=lv}}.<ref>Karulis, Konstantīns. 1992, 2001. ''Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca.'' Rīga: AVOTS. ISBN 9984700127.</ref> |