Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pāwô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pāvō (“peacock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.wɔːː/

Noun

*pāwô m

1. peacock, peafowl

Inflection

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *pāwō m, *pāwā f
  • Old English: pāwa, pēa m, pāwe f
    • Middle English: po, pa, paa, paue, pe, poo, poue
      • English: pea, po (archaic)
      • ⇒ Middle English: pecok, pocok, pacok
        • English: peacock
          • → Hawaiian: pīkake
            • → English: pikake
          • → Maori: pīkake
        • Scots: pacok, pecok
  • Old Frisian: *pāwa, *pāu
    • Saterland Frisian: Pau
    • West Frisian: pau
  • Old Saxon: pāo, *pāwo
    • Middle Low German: pâwe, pauwe, pâw
      • German Low German: Pau
  • Old Dutch: *pāwo, *pāo
    • Middle Dutch: pau, pawe, pauwe
      • Dutch: pauw
        • Afrikaans: pou
        • Negerhollands: powwis
        • → Munsee: páaw
        • → Papiamentu: pòwis
  • Old High German: pfāwo, pfāwa
    • Middle High German: pāwe, pauwe
      • German: Pfau m, (chiefly Austria) Pfaue f
        • ⇒ German: Pfauhahn f
      • ⇒ Middle High German: *pāwelīn, *pāuwelīn (diminutive)
        • German: Pfäulein (archaic)
        • → Estonian: paabulind
        • → Old East Slavic:
          • Belarusian: паўлі́н (paŭlín)
          • Russian: павли́н (pavlín)
      • Rhine Franconian: Fau, Pau

        Frankfurterisch: IPA

    • Yiddish: פּאַווע (pave)
• Old Norse: pái
  • ⇒ Old Norse: páfugl
    • Icelandic: páfugl
    • Faroese: páfuglur
    • Norwegian: påfugl
    • Swedish: påfågel
    • Danish: påfugl
    • Gutnish: påfågel, pafäugl